Too, many times it seems Wilcke & Wilke are exchanged without pause or interchangeably. Up till 1877, I don't see Bchsenmacher Wilcke, Gottlob with a Royal Appointment of Kniglich Hofbchsenmacher. And too if you scan for Bchsenmacher Wilke, Gottlob, the appointment seems later. What gets in the mix is a theologian by the name of Christian Gottlob Wilke, but he wasn't a Bchsenmacher that I can find??

Gottlob must have attained the rank of Knigl. Hofbchsenmacher circa 1880?

Cheers,

Raimey
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