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Johann Haviland, the grandson of David Haviland, started his own company in Bavaria, Germany, in 1907, and went out of business by 1924. An Italian firm bought the company and in 1933 sold it to the Rosenthal conglomerate. Quantities of this inexpensive china were sold at PXs in Germany after WW II.
In 1907, Jean Haviland left Haviland and Company, moved to Germany, changed his name to Johann (John), and built a ceramics factory in Waldershof. The firm produced porcelain ceramics focused on the middle-market consumer and the hotel industry. It is unclear if production was halted or slowed during World War I.
Unlike Theodore Haviland, Limoges, and Haviland and Co., John’s factory produced casual china and hotelware, using the “Johann Haviland” backstamp. The new company grew rapidly. Within a few years, John Haviland was successfully marketing his china throughout Germany and the United States.
Q: What can you tell me about my Johann Haviland china? A: Except for very old pieces, this is lower quality china made by a relative of the Havilands in Bavaria, Germany. The company was sold after a short period of time, though the name was retained, and has been under various owners, currently the Rosenthal conglomerate.
Johann Haviland, the grandson of David Haviland, started his own company in Bavaria, Germany in 1907 and went out of business by 1924. An Italian firm bought the company and in 1933 sold it to the Rosenthal conglomerate.
In 1937, Rosenthal China of Germany purchased the company and began producing fine china for export to the United States, marked Johann Haviland, Bavaria, Germany. The Johann Haviland Corporation of Des Plaines, Illinois distributed many Johann Haviland patterns in the 70's and 80's in grocery stores where they were offered as premiums.
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Waldershof, Bavaria, Germany Johann Haviland started the firm in 1907 and in 1924 the firm was bought by the Rosenthal Corporation. Johann was a grandson of David Haviland who started the well-known porcelain works in Limoges, France but that is the only connection between them.
However, after some legalese and jockeying, eventually in 1937 the German porcelain manufacturer, Rosenthal, bought the Johann Haviland factory and began to produce fine china for export to the United States, using the backmark "Johann Haviland, Bavaria, Germany”, continuing until the late 1980s.
During this time, as though seeking to escape the French porcelain rivalry, Charles Haviland's son Jean moved to Bavaria in 1907 to begin the Johann Haviland Company. Bavaria was the only other region outside France and China where the essential "kaolin" could be found.