Shorthand Inventors- Marzi and Remy by Randy Satterfield

Marzi and Remy produced a series of three steins celebrating German developers of shorthand. Prior to the invention of the Dictaphone and other recording instruments shorthand was quite important. These three steins are molds 395 (Franz Xaver Gabelsberger), 396 (Wilhelm Stolze), and 397 (Leopold Alexander Friedrich Arends). Gabelsberger originated shorthand in Germany, Stolze improved on his method, and Arends developed a method popular elsewhere in Europe. Each of the three half liter relief steins feature a bust of the individual on the front panel with examples of their shorthand on each of the side panels. Shown here is mold 395. Gabelsberger is considered the father of German shorthand. He died in 1849 shortly after suffering a stroke while out for a walk. While shorthand is obsolete now I can still remember when young ladies were encouraged to attend secretarial school and learn shorthand should they fail to become married.