Victor Records trademark question

[bbphonoguy]

I recently bought about 40 records off Craigslist, and all of them are great, except for one, so I figure that's good for buying something sight unseen.

Two of the records have something I've never run across before. One is a Victor red seal with the "Grand Prize" type label, and the other is a black label Victor with the "Patents" type label. Both are single sided, and on the blank side, embossed into the wax and centered around the hole, about 4 inches in diameter, is the figure of a cherub sitting on a record while enscribing a groove on it's surface with a quill pen. It says "trade mark" on the edges. Can anyone fill me in about this?

I'd post photos, but I don't have the capability.

I've seen this trademark before, don't recall where, but never on the back of a Victor record.

Thanks in advance.

[OrthoSean]

These were pressings made from imported stampers. You're speaking of the "recording angel" inscribed in the disc, a G&T trademark. G&T was the "Gramophone and Typewriter" Company.

Sean

[Roaring20s]

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It's a nice design.

James.