This recital served as an introduction to the unveiling of an allegorical tableau executed by Maar of Nürnberg representing partly the activity of the Factory, and mercantile enterprise, and partly an appropriate allusion to the Jubilee festival. Then a short address followed by the presentation of a congratulatory testimonial to L. Faber on part of the authorities of the council of trade of Nürnberg was made, which elicited a cheer for the same. Then Maar the artist made a speech upon the history of the lead pencil and its application to Art, thanking L. Faber in the name of his colleagues for the cheer given them and concluding with a toast for the establishment.
A small brochure setting forth the contents of the Festival Album before mentioned and containing a capital piece of poetry composed by a relation of the Faber family was then distributed among the guests.
A number of speeches and toasts were now made and given by the workmen themselves, who were fairly carried away by excitement, which one and all breathed a spirit of attachment and gratitude, and of which not a few, spite of their simple character, caused feelings of emotion. Performances of their singing clubs alternated with those of the band until as darkness drew near the illumination of the festive grounds and an extensive portion of the park presented a fresh tableau. Bengal lights illumined several of the more lovely points and a pyrotechnic display brought the festival to a conclusion at nine o’clock, when all the participators departed in the gayest spirits and with hearty wishes for the continued prosperity of the Manufactory.
The foregoing description of the Jubilee festival of A. W. Faber’s Pencil manufactory may be appropriately closed with the mention off a transaction which was no less a gratification than an honor to the proprietor of the same:
On the morning of the eighth of October a deputation of the magistracy and representatives of the Commune of Nürnberg, consisting of the two Burgomasters, von Wächter and Seiler and the President of the College of the Commune, Dr. Lindner, proceeded to Stein in order to present Johann Lothar Faber with the diploma of honorary citizenship of the City of Nürnberg, which reads as follows:
“The Magistrate and representatives of the Commune of the Royal Bavarian city of Nürnberg have conferred upon Mr. Johann Lothar Faber, proprietor of the Pencil manufactory at Stein in the Royal Jurisdiction of Nürnberg, in appreciation of the many and important services, which he has rendered to industry in general and the trade of Nürnberg in particular, by an unanimous resolution the honorary citizenship of the city of Nürnberg, and, after obtaining the most gracious consent of His Majesty the King, caused this deed to be drawn up for him. Given under the great seal of the city and the signatures of the two Burgomasters as also that of the President of the College of the Commune.
Nürnberg the 16th September 1861.
von Wächter, I. Burgomaster.
Seiler, II. Burgomaster.
Lindner, President of the Presentatives of the Commune.”