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In 2006 and 2007, respectively, the Könitz Group acquired two other German companies, Waechtersbach Ceramics (est. 1832) [10] and Weimar Porzellan (est. 1790). [11] Waechtersbach USA is the primary distributor of Könitz products in the United States & Canada. The subsidiary was founded in 1976, purchased by Konitz Porzellan in 2009.
There are also colourful famille-verte and famille-rose items, white Dehua ceramics, Japanese Arita porcelain, and ceramics made especially for export. The other strongpoint is the collection of Saxon porcelain, in particular Meissen porcelain.
Popularly called La China. 1760: Kloster Veilsdorf porcelain factory: ... made porcelain from 1763 to 1827 1764: ... KAHLA/Thuringian porcelain company: Kahla, Thuringia:
The colour palette was introduced in China during the reign of Kangxi (1654–1722), possibly around 1720, but perfected only in the Yongzheng era when the finest pieces were made. Famille rose is named after its pink-coloured enamel, although it ranged from pale pink to deep ruby.
Exterior of the KPM building in 2009. The Royal Porcelain Factory in Berlin (German: Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur, abbreviated as KPM), also known as the Royal Porcelain Manufactory Berlin and whose products are generally called Berlin porcelain, was founded in 1763 by King Frederick II of Prussia (known as Frederick the Great).
Weimar Porzellanmanufaktur, or Weimar Porzellan (English: Weimar porcelain) is a German company that has been manufacturing porcelain in Weimar since 1790. [1]Part of the KÖNITZ Group family are next to WEIMAR PORZELLAN, the art of porcelain making for the 21 st century of which is living up to meet the most premium standards, amongst others, the brands WAECHTERSBACH with its colourful ...
The factory had its origins in an official request made 8 September 1760 by the porcelain maker Georg Heinrich Macheleid (1723 -1801). Macheleid had long worked in the glass manufactory at Glücksthal and had gained the arcana of porcelain-making by his own researches, apparently independent of Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus and Johann Friedrich Böttger, the ceramists at Meissen.
The Sächsische Porzellan-Manufaktur Dresden GmbH (Saxon Porcelain Manufactory in Dresden Ltd), generally known in English as Dresden Porcelain (though that may also mean the much older and better-known Meissen porcelain), was a German company for the production of decorative and luxury porcelain.