Becker & Buddingh (fl. 1855-1906), Arnhem.

Catalogus der Algemeene nationale tentoonstelling. Haarlem 1861 [GoogleBooks]

Jan Jurrien Buddingh Jr. (*1832;†1906), son of pharmacist Jan Jurrien Buddingh Sr. (*1781;†1861). From around 1847 Buddingh Jr. was in the employ of Christopher Becker (*1805;†1890), a balance and scientific instrument maker in Arnhem. When Becker left for the United States in 1855, Buddingh Jr. acquired the company and it was renamed Becker & Buddingh (fig. 1 above).

Becker & Buddingh received the predicate Koninklijk (Royal) in 1882. When Buddingh died in 1905, the company was left without a successor. Gerrit De Koningh (*1876;†1947), an aspiring instrument maker, acquired part of the company's machines and inventory as well as taking on a number of its former employees. Becker & Buddingh is also known to have made surveying instruments. De Koningh continued to produce a number of the most popular Becker & Buddingh's models (fig. 2 and 3 above). The drawing set in Fig. 4, made by E.O. Richter, was retailed by Becker & Buddingh in the early 1900s.

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NOTES

[1] De fabriek van de HH. Becker & Buddingh te Arnhem... Tijdschrift uitgegeven door de Nederlandsche Maatschappij ter Bevordering van Nijverheid 1869, p.438. [KB Delpher]

[2] Den Ouden Heer Smits; Bezoek in een Tooverhol te Arnhem, De Nederlandse Spectator, Jaargang 1858, 2e druk, p125-128. [Google Books]

[3] Prof. dr. ir. Leen Aardoom; Jan Jurrien Buddingh (1832-1905), Arnhems fabrikant van fysische en mathematische instrumenten, De Hollandse Cirkel 01.12.2013, p.162-173. [De Hollandse Cirkel, digitaal archief tijdschriften]

[4] MOOIJ, J.; Instrumenten, wetenschap en samenleving: geschiedenis van de instrumentenfabricage en -handel in Nederland 1840-1940. Soest: Cooperatieve vereniging "het instrument". 1988, p.123-126.

[5] Frans Hartman; 100 jaar instrumenten- en apparatenfabrik De Koningh in 'Arnhem de Genoeglijkste' orgaan van het Arnhems Historisch Genootschap 'Podesse Conamur', jaargang 23, nr. 1, maart 2003, p. 3-10.

[6] Jan Jurrien Buddingh Jr. http://www.dwc.knaw.nl/biografie/scientific-instrument-makers/?pagetype=authorDetail&aId=PE00012755

[7] Frans Hartman; 100 jaar instrumenten- en apparatenfabrik De Koningh, Arnhem De Genoeglijkste, jaargang 23, nummer 1, maart 2003. p.3.