PIĘKNY SERWIS DO KAWY I HERBATY NA 6 OSÓB Z CUDOWNYMI FILIŻANKAMI SELTMANN Z LAT 30TYCH

Bardzo ładny serwis do kawy i herbaty złożony z pięknych cennych elementów. Szczególnie piękne są filiżanki art deco z żółtymi piwoniami- z ryflowanymi pionowymi reliefami- i kształcie greckich waz… Świetny jest te z śląski mlecznik KPM i bardzo stara XIX wieczna patera z neorokokowymi reliefami. Bardzo ładny jest dzbanek do kawy Mitterteich z secesyjną szyszką uchwytu pokrywki.

Razem zestaw doskonałej stylowej starej niemieckiej porcelany. Polecam- pojawienie się tych filiżanek na stole za każdym razem wzbudzi podziw gości…

W skład serwisu wchodzą:

1. 4 filiżanki Seltmann Weiden wysokość 5,3 cm średnica 9,9 cm od ucha do brzegu pucharu 11,8 cm / jedna ma minimalnie przetarte złocenie na rancie/

2. Piękna stara filiżanka Bareuther z zieloną emalią w środku z odciśniętymi klonowymi liśćmi… niestety część dekoracji została starta- cudownie bogato złocone nóżki podstawy wysokość 5,9 cm średnica 10,1 cm od ucha do brzegu pucharu 12,5 cm- sygnatura z lat 30 tych

3. Bardzo ładna filiżanka z koronkowymi złoceniami Kahla z lat 30 - wysokość 5,6 cm średnica 10,3 cm od ucha do brzegu pucharu 12,3 cm

4. 4 podstawki Reichenbach- powojenne – średnica 13,8 cm

5. 2 Podstawki bez sygnatury 16,6 cmi 14,8 cm

6. Mlecznik KPM z lat 30tych wysokość 8,1 cm średnica 7,5 cm od ucha do dzióbka 12,7 cm

7. Stary wazonik art deco z górskim pejzażem Schierke Herz – z lat 30tych- wysokość 8,5 cm średnica kielicha 6,5 cm średnica podstawy 5,2 cm

8. Piękny stary świecznik art deco wysokość 17,3 cm średnica kołnierza 6,4 cm średnica podstawy 8,1 cm

9. Bardzo ładna cukiernica Oscar Schaller z lat 30tych z świetnym uchwytem w kształcie liry wysokość 11,5 cm średnica 9 cm od ucha do ucha 14,2cm

10. Stara paterka z neorokokowym reliefem i dekoracją w postaci ogrodu z balustradą średnica 25,7 cm od ucha do ucha 26,8 cm/ przy jednym ażurowym uchwyycie fabryczne niedolanie szkliwa- częsta wda starej porcelany/

11. Świetny imbryczek na esencję Plaue wysokość 9,7 cm średnica 12 cm od ucha do dzióbka 20,7 cm

19 elementów świetnej starej pięknej porcelany. Polecam !!!

• The Mosanic Pottery Max Emanuel & Co. (ca. 1895 - ?)

• - Max Emanuel & Co. Porzellanfabrik (? - 1917)

• - Porzellanfabrik Mitterteich AG (1917 - )

• Notatka historyczna

• Zegarmistrz z Mitterteich, Ludwik Lindner założył w 1867 roku pierwszą w mieście fabrykę porcelany, która w 1895 roku została przejęta przez firmę Mosanic Pottery Max Emanuel & Co. z siedzibą w Londynie.

W roku 1917 została skonfiskowana przez władze Bawarii jako własność wroga i przekształcona w Porzellanfabrik Mitterteich AG.

Po rozbudowie obiektów w latach 30-tych, fabryka zatrudniała 600 pracowników, a w roku 1947 przekroczyła stan zatrudnienia sprzed wojny (ok. 740 pracowników).

Program produkcji eksportowej obejmował nie tylko porcelanę użytkową i dekoracyjną, ale także naczynia ognioodporne, które sprzedawane były pod marką Porzeton.

Po pożarze w 1988 r., który zniszczył dużą część zakładów produkcyjnych, zbudowany został nowy zakład, zgodnie z najnowszymi standardami technicznymi i technologicznymi. Według zarządu firmy była to najnowocześniejsza fabryka porcelany w Europie.

W sierpniu 2004 r. rozpoczęło się postępowanie upadłościowe. Pomimo prób przywrócenia do aktywności, zakład został zamknięty na początku 2006 roku.

PORZELLANFABRIK LUDWIG LINDNER (1867 UNTIL 1895)

During 1867 LUDWIG LINDNER founded the first porcelain factory in the town of Mitterteich. The facility was later torn down during a modernization process and a new factory hall was built at the same location and dubbed 'Fabrik A'; the name stuck until the factory closed.

[2] : MOSANIC POTTERY MAX EMANUEL & CO. (1895 UNTIL 1917)

In 1895 the factory was taken over by the London-based 'Max Emanuel & Co.', represented by their manager PAPPENHEIM. 'Max Emanuel & Co.' actually was a glass and porcelain retailer with a medium-sized store directly in London which had a large network of suppliers and other business contacts. Many renown companies worked with him or sold items via his shop in London, for example the company of 'Riessner, Stellmacher & Kessel' (Amphora) in Bohemia. His main interest however remained glass and around 1898/1899 commission LOETZ to make 'copies' (based on the shape, not the decoration) of the 'Clutha' glass designs CHRISTOPHER DRESSER supplied to JAMES COUPER (thanks to BRADFORD BRADEN for this information).

The Mitterteich factory employed around 360 workers in 1913 and just as an interesting side note it should be mentioned that the porcelain decorator JULIUS MÜLLER from 1895 onwards also run a guesthouse (Gasthof zum Lindenzweig) on 'Großensterzer Straße' which was also used as canteen for the workers of the porcelain factory and the guesthouse was also a meeting point for members of the social-democratic party in the area. Anyway, during World War I the factory was expropriated and continued business as a stock corporation. However there is one very interesting question that remains as the main shareholder is quoted to have been ALFRED PAPPENHEIMER. A few people of course still wonder if this was a mere coincidence or if either of the last names actually represented an adapted version of the other.

[3] : PORZELLANFABRIK MITTERTEICH A.G. (1917 UNTIL 2006)

Not much is known after the company was transformed but years later in 1988 a huge fire completely destroyed the 'Fabrik C' part of the facility which was rebuilt. From 1989 onwards the production area had a total of 20,000 square meters again. The 'Mitterteich A.G.' seemed to cope quite well with the overall situation on the German market. But in August 2005 the small city was rocked by the news that the company, represented by the board of directors, had to file for bankruptcy. For the 360 workers (70 percent of these female), it came as a shock. The small hope of an investor being able to save the company was destroyed by the local banks, who did not want to support the Mitterteich facility any longer. On March 1st 2006 the doors leading to the factory closed for the last time.

[1] : Porzellanfabrik Christian Seltmann G.m.b.H. (1910 until ...)

Christian Wilhelm Seltmann was born 1870 in the small town of Schlottenhof near Arzberg where he had learned some basics by watching his father in the family-owned decoration business. This greatly influenced him and he later become an apprentice in different porcelain factories and gradually learned all aspects of the trade. Working for the factory in Arzberg he successfully designed and decorated porcelain in his spare time and as reward for designing a porcelain bowl which even caught the eye of U.S. customers, he was sent to join the technical school in Teplitz-Schönau.

His work there was quite impressive for such a young talent and at the age of only 26 he even made it factory manager of the Arzberg factory in 1896 where he worked for the next years. But Christian disliked the supervision by the factory owners that did not leave him enough elbow room to include his own ideas and after seeing the success his brother Karl had with the Keramik- und Porzellanfabrik Karl Seltmann in their home town of Schlottendorf he decided to open an own factory together with his oldest brother Johann in 1901.

They decided to establish their business in the town of Vohenstrauß and just a few years later the Porzellanfabrik Johann Seltmann had achieved a very good reputation and employed over 600 workers. But the two brothers often had discussions on how to run the factory and when Johann Seltmann finally wanted to transfer the business into a limited company, Christian decided to leave and open his own business in the town of Weiden in 1910.

Production started with three kilns and just a short time later the rising demand resulted in having two additional kilns installed in 1913; at that time the factory employed 320 workers. As Christian was also very interested in different other areas he founded an own lithographical art establishment in the town of Nürnberg in the year 1920. This was followed in 1921 by the opening of the glassworks 'Glasfabrik Marienhütte G.m.b.H.' in Berlin-Köpenick shortly before Christian Seltmann died as a result of an accident. The Seltmann company was one of the first porcelain manufacturers that not only offered porcelain items but also provided an additional product range of fine glass.

The factory was for the next years run by his widow Katharina Seltmann who in 1928 also managed to achieve stock majority of the 'Porzellanfabrik Schirnding A.G.' in Schirnding (Bavaria). Shortly afterwards she retired from business and left the company in the hands of their two sons, arranging that Heinrich received the Schirnding factory. The far more experienced businessman Wilhelm kept the Weiden factory which in 1930 already employed 500 people and later was able to expand by taking over the 'Porzellanfabrik Krummennaab' in 1939 and the 'Porzellanfabrik Erbendorf' in 1940.

Like many other factories during WWII the Seltmann factories had lost the greatest part of the workforce to the war effort and were forced to work with a restricted amount of raw materials in combination of having to cope with a drastical change in demand. Following the war, the facilities in Erbendorf and Krummennaab served as quarters for American troops and most parts of the factories were either destroyed or rendered useless during this period as the soldiers adapted the buildings to the need of housing large amounts of people and material. Even if the Seltmann family still had enough resources to help repair the factories afterwards it should not stay unmentioned that a new start would not have been possible without the help of the remaining loyal workers, all of which later received special payments after the company had recovered.

When the company was back in business Seltmann started to modernize his factories from 1953 onwards and in 1957 he became main shareholder of the Königlich privilegierte Porzellanfabrik Tettau G.m.b.H. which he then completely took over in 1958, the same year he was given an honorary doctorate by the Technical University in München in respect of his work as president of the Chamber of Commerce.

Wilhelm Seltmann died on September 27th 1967 and left his business in the hands of his family. Like his father before, he hated the thought of a board of directors running a company and so he stated as part of his will that he never wanted the business turned into a limited company or stock corporation and should always remain a family owned business. Needless to say the heirs respected his wish and the Seltmann group today is one of a few remaining larger family-run companies in Germany.

After German reunification in 1990 the Seltmann group (represented by the Tettau branch) took over four old factories in Thuringia: the 'Aelteste Volkstedter Porzellanmanufaktur' and the Unterweißbacher Werkstätten für Porzellankunst as well as the Porzellanmanufaktur Scheibe-Alsbach and the 'Porzellanmanufaktur Plaue'; the whole group today is one of the largest manufacturers of porcelain in Germany.