KOLEKCJONERSKI STARY BAWARSKI PÓŁMISEK SCHUMANN ARZBERG Z PIERWSZĄ SYGNATURĄ Z LWEM

Used between 1918 and 1929. Mark was registered late at the R.W.Z.R. under registration №·349·861 on March 26th 1926 (without any additions)

Bardzo ładny bardzo stary półmisek z doskonałej fabryki- kolekcjonerski- pierwsza sygnatura z lwem – Ciekawy geometryczny relief- złocenia wytarte- ale jak na 90 latka- stan znakomity- będzie ozdobą stołu… i uświetni każde przyjęcie

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- owal 31 x 21,4 cm wysokość 3,5 cm

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Germany / Bavaria / Arzberg:

ARZBERG to niemiecki producent najwyższej jakości porcelany.

Historia firmy sięga 1887 roku, kiedy to Królowa Brytyjska wydała akt, w którym nakazała znakowanie wszystkich niemieckich produktów sprzedawanych na terytorium Wielkiej Brytanii znakiem „Made in Germany”. W 1931 roku model zaprojektowany przez inż. Hermanna Gretacha – FORM 1382 – zrewolucjonizował ówczesny rynek wyrobów z porcelany. Myślą przewodnią inżyniera było: „Nie możemy dłużej pozwalać sobie na dostarczanie na rynek produktów, którymi konsument może cieszyć się tylko krótko, ponieważ szybko stają się one niepraktyczne, niemodne i nieeleganckie”.

Od tamtego momentu aż do dziś firma ARZBERG jest pionierem w tworzeniu nowych wzorów, a przy ich projektowaniu kieruje się zasadą: „Estetyka, funkcjonalność, ponadczasowość: ARZBERG”. Całość produkcji odbywa się w fabryce w miejscowości Schirnding w Górnej Frankonii.

Produkty ARZBERG były wielokrotnie nagradzane za wyszukane wzornictwo, a niektóre z nich znajdują się w stałej ekspozycji w Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej w Nowym Jorku. Ponadto firma ARZBERG dostarcza produkty modelu FORM 2000 do Kancelarii Kanclerz Niemiec.

[1] : Tonwarenfabrik Heinrich Schumann (1876 until 1879)

Originally from Angelroda (Thuringia) Christian Heinrich Schumann (*1822, †1884) had a small pottery in Arzberg that had to close because it was in the way of the railway which was finalized in November 1879 and connected Arzberg with the railway network.

[2] : Porzellanfabrik Schumann & Riess (1881 until 1892)

Together with businessman Riess as financial backer, Christian Heinrich Schumann founded his new porcelain-orientated factory directly under the Jakobsburg castle, next to the market square in the town center and ironically directly next to the railway tracks responsible for the closure of his previous business. From the four children Christian Heinrich Schumann and his wife Christiana (*1838, †1928) had, only three made an impression on the further company history. Only the youngest child with the name of Carl (*1871, †1926) was really interested in the factory and business proceedings while the older son Christoph (*1864, †1916) helped out now and then but often started endless discussions on how a factory should be run. Third son Eduard on the other hand kept out of the way and rather concentrated on his studies.

In such a situation it was only understandable that shortly before Christian Heinrich Schumann passed away in 1884 he stated that Carl should inherit the factory as he not only showed most interest but had also more than once impressed his father with technical knowledge and the ability to quickly adapt to various situations. However Carl was not old enough to officially take over business when his father died and so the company was run by his mother Christiana.

[2] : Porzellanfabrik Carl Schumann G.m.b.H. & Co. K.G. (1892 until 1923)

The factory was renamed on the 21st birthday of Carl Schumann I, however his mother still remained in charge until she stepped down in 1896 when Carl married. Business steadily increased and so Carl as porcelain specialist together with his brother Eduard as manager launced a second business in 1904, the Westdeutsche Porzellanfabrik Duisdorf G.m.b.H. in Duisdorf near Bonn (North-Rhine Westphalia). Christoph Schumann had previously married into the wealthy land owners family Schreider in the town of Schwarzenhammer and in 1905 together with his father-in-law Karl August Schreider founded the Porzellanfabrik Schumann & Schreider there.

Years passed and business steadily increased, allowing the company to build a library and a canteen for their workers next to providing cheap housing for employees that originally had lived further away. Due to his social engagement Carl Schumann I eventually became privy councillor in Arzberg and his two sons Heinrich and Carl Schumann II (*1898, †1975) were frequently seen in the factory, greedily absorbing knowledge.

[3] : Porzellanfabrik Carl Schumann A.G. (1923 until 1994)

On July 19th 1923 the company was transformed into a corporation and all seemed fine, but three years later Carl Schumann I died at the age of only 55. He was succeeded by his son Carl Schumann II who at the time had been studying in America and later founded the 'Schumann China Corporation of New York' which distributed Schumann products in the U.S. up until the late 1920's. The factory was run by his brother Heinrich during his absence. While the new market in the U.S. at first seemed very promising, the world financial crisis which started in New York on October 25th 1929 put a dramatic end to nearly all Schumann export efforts. But the 'home front' was not much better and the relatively short-lived business in Duisdorf which had specialized on 'Zwiebelmuster' (Blue Onion) and 'Strohblume' (Strawflower) decorated items remained in family hands only until 1935 before it was sold due to economic reasons (see there).

It should be noted that the Carl Schumann company had quite interesting business relations with companies from U.S. and the factory was one of a few that produced items for Ebeling & Reuss which then were sold under the 'Erphila Germany' mark. Another little known fact is that the 'Carl Schumann Porzellanfabrik A.G.' was one of the few German companies allowed to produce Mickey Mouse figurines under license from Disney. They used a beautiful add created by 'Zereiss & Co.' to promote these porcelain products, featuring little Mickeys performing a traditional Bavarian dance. Most of these so-called 'un-aryan' products were destroyed during the Third Reich period from 1934 to 1945 and are therefore among the rarest European pre-war Disneyana collectibles.

Following WW2 the company supported many former Sudeten Germans by offering housing and employment and after founding the house building company 'Schumann-Wohnungsbau G.m.b.H.' in 1950 eventually tried to match former success, reaching its maximum number of 1053 workers and 70 salaried employees in 1953/1954. At that time the factory used three round kilns as well as three complete tunnel kilns as lots of items were needed for the local market but at the same time export numbers stagnated as more and more cheap imports from Japan were flooding the U.S. market and slowly pushing European and especially German items aside. Carl Schumann II resigned in 1961, leaving the business to his son Carl Schumann III before dying in 1975 and having in the meantime been town mayor and declared freeman of Arzberg.

Carl Schumann III during the next few years started the modernization and rationalization of the factory and drastically restructured and downsized the product range. These steps resulted in a much smaller workforce required to run the factory (merely 350 people) but business still steadily declined. The granddaughter of Carl Schumann I, business graduate Sabine Schaefer, finally took over as manager in 1981 and greatly improved business relationships not only in Germany but also in Europe and the USA. A few years later however, German reunification caused drastic changes as former state-owned and then privatized East German companies all fought for shares on the German market.

Vereinigte Porzellanwerke Carl Schumann Arzberg Colditz Freiberg (1990 until 1994)

The Schumann company in 1990 joined a strategic alliance with 'Gebrüder Frank G.m.b.H. & Co. K.G.' who owned the Sächsisches Porzellanwerk Freiberg as well as the porcelain factory in Colditz. But many misjudgements concerning the market development both in Germany and overseas got the manufacturers involved into financial trouble, forcing them to disband. Facing bankruptcy like so many others at the same time and not standing a chance of finding investors, the Schumann factory closed down in 1994.