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The founder of the porcelain factory, Siegmund Paul Meyer, moved from Nuremberg to Bayreuth in 1890 to work as an accountant for the pottery and oven manufacturer Seiler. . Six years later he bought the well-running Georg Bauer porcelain and glass shop at Kulmbacher Straße [] 20 and set up his own business with a porcelain painting and retail store.
Limoges porcelain: Limoges: France: Limoges maintains the position it established in the 19th century as the premier manufacturing city of porcelain in France. 1771: Naples porcelain: Naples: Italy "Naples Royal Porcelain Manufactory" (Real fabbrica delle porcellane di Napoli). Also called the Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea. Until 1806. 1774 ...
With the foundation of the first porcelain factory in northeast Bavaria in 1814 Hutschenreuther had laid the foundations in Hohenberg for the region to quickly become the center of the German porcelain industry. In 1995, the historical house was extended by a modern extension of glass and steel to 2000 m 2. Today, the museum shows some 12,000 ...
Hutschenreuther AG, holder of the Arzberg trademark since 1972, was dissolved in 2000 and the trademark was taken over by SKV-Porzellan-Union GmbH, founded in 1993 by the porcelain companies Schirnding, Kronester and Johann Seltmann Vohenstrauß. In 2004, SKV-Porzellan-Union GmbH was renamed Arzberg-Porzellan GmbH. In 2003, the company had ...
Rosenthal factory mark around 1900 Share of the Porzellanfabrik Ph. Rosenthal & Co. AG, issued 23 December 1921. Rosenthal-Weihnachtsteller 1921, designed by Jupp Wiertz Fettling cups at the Selb factory in 1956. Rosenthal GmbH is a German manufacturer of porcelain products and other household goods. The original firm was founded in 1879 in ...
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 porcelain; Wedgwood ...
In 1755 the famous Frankenthal porcelain factory was opened, which remained in production until 1800. During this period, the town was also known in English as Frankendal. [3] In 1797 the town came under French occupation during the French Revolutionary Wars. It passed into the rule of Bavaria in 1816.
After this status ended during the 16th century, Tirschenreuth first became part of the Electorate of the Palatinate, then part of Bavaria. It became capital of the district of the same name. In 1972, when the segmenting of Bavarian districts was reformed, the district of Tirschenreuth was expanded with the former district of Kemnath.