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The site was chosen for the museum because in 1794, the third oldest and second then-still active porcelain factory in the Czech Republic, Thun porcelain factory (closed in 2024), [1] [2] was established here. The interior was restored in 1950–1952. The museum contains around 12,000 exhibits.
The new owners returned the name of the founder to the factory and today it is called Rudolf Kämpf and produces handmade porcelain under 3 trademarks: Rudolf Kämpf: premium-class porcelain; Leander: mass-market porcelain; Leander HoReCa: porcelain for hotels, restaurants and the service industry; Rudolf Kämpf mainly produces porcelain. [4]
The largest Czech library specializing in the arts and related fields is an integral part of the museum. It holds 172,000 volumes, including authoritative art encyclopedias, dictionaries of artists, comprehensive works on iconography, topography and heraldry.
China dolls, 1850-1870 - Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium . A china doll is a doll made partially or wholly out of glazed porcelain. The name comes from china being used to refer to the material porcelain. [1] Colloquially the term china doll is sometimes used to refer to any porcelain or bisque doll, but more specifically it describes only ...
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A bisque doll or porcelain doll is a doll made partially or wholly out of bisque or biscuit porcelain. Bisque dolls are characterized by their realistic, skin-like matte finish. They had their peak of popularity between 1860 and 1900 with French and German dolls. Bisque dolls are collectible, and antique dolls can be worth thousands of dollars.
New Hall porcelain; Plymouth Porcelain; Rockingham Pottery; Royal Crown Derby, (1750/57–present) Royal Doulton, (1815–2009 acquired by Fiskars) Royal Worcester, (1751–2008 acquired by Portmeirion Pottery) Spode, (1767–2008 acquired by Portmeirion Pottery) Saint James's Factory (or "Girl-in-a-Swing", 1750s) Swansea porcelain; Vauxhall ...
Thun 1794 (official name Thun 1794 a.s.) was a German and Czech porcelain manufacturer using the porcelain mark "TK". Originally founded in 1793/1794 as Thun'sche Porcellanfabrik and, after many restructurings, finally closed in 2024 after 230 years, [1] [2] it was the oldest and largest Czech porcelain manufacturer.