Frisching Faience Manufactory
The faience factory Frisching was a manufactory, which until 1776 produced from 1760 high-quality earthenware products in Lorraine in Bern.
Establishment, location and products
In the city of Bern, there were two faience manufactories, that of Augustine of Willading ( 1758 - ca.1765 ) and those of the Brothers Frisching ( 1760-1776 ).
The factories were located outside the old town on the Altenberg. Their owners were not even Hafner, but entrepreneurs. Franz Rudolf Frisching was previously a colonel in the Dutch service, where he may have gained insight into the earthenware.
The manufactory Frisching was in 1760 by Franz Rudolf Frisching ( 1733-1807 ) and his brothers Gabriel Friedrich ( 1731-1789 ) and Karl Albrecht ( 1734-1801 ) on the lands of the estate of Rudolf Franz, the " Lorraine Good," in Lorraine founded quarter. The faience factory was located at today's riverside path 4, in the area of the brothers also Frisching belonging " Rabbental - goods", which were partially united with the " Good - Lorraine ". The whole area below the present bridge Lorraine belonged in the second half of the 18th century, Colonel Franz Rudolf Frisching. The manufactory was mostly known for its polychrome faience tiled with floral motifs along with panel devices. Because of protectionism, the Manufacture in the city of Bern could not sell a single furnace. The more the high-quality Frisching ovens enjoyed in the rich silk ribbon manufacturer in Basel great popularity. In Basel it was considered chic to equip its townhouses with faience stoves manufactory Frisching. Very elaborate specimens of this part multicolored glazed Frisching faience stoves are in the salon and in the dining room of the house Wildt'schen in Basel.
For the craftsmanship expertise in manufactures of master journeyman was responsible. The first master journeyman at Frisching was the Fayencemaler Johann Adam Spengler (1726-1790) from Schaffhausen. He moved in 1762 to Zurich, where he became the first director of the porcelain factory in Kilchberg. His successor was the Hafner Daniel Hermann (1736-1798) from Langnau im Emmental. Under Hermann's leadership put the factory a number of magnificent tiled ago. Today can still be over forty stoves the faience factory Frisching dismissed.
The brand of the factory Frisching is a big blue " D", each with a point before and below, so. " D. ". The brand could not be interpreted to this day.
Locations of stoves the manufactory Frisching
- Wildt'sches House
- Hünigen
- New Castle Oberdiessbach
- Schadau
- Historical Museum Bern
- Hôtel DuPeyrou