Wallendorfer Porzellan

(Owner & Manager)

The Walldorf porcelain factory was founded on March 30, 1764 in Lichte ( Wallendorf ) in Thuringia and is one of the oldest porcelain factories in Europe. After an eventful history with lows and highs is currently owned by the Bruckert mbH.

History

A good 50 years after the invention of porcelain by Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus and Johann Friedrich Böttger asked in 1761 Johann Wolfgang Hammann from Katzhütte at the court to Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt for the concession for porcelain production. Only three days earlier, however, this very exclusive concession of GH Awarded Macheleid so that Hammann request was denied. So fast was Johann Wolfgang Hammann his dream of producing the "white gold" but not on and a year later in Katzhütte he succeeded the first fire of hard porcelain. Another year later, he bought the " Freiherr von Hohenthalsche " manor in Walldorf on the territory of the Duchy of Saxe -Coburg -Saalfeld.

After obtaining the license for the manufacture of porcelain by the Duke of Saxe- Coburg on March 30, 1764 Wolfgang Hammann founded together with his son and the glass painter Gottfried Greiner and his cousin Gotthelf Greiner porcelain manufactory in Lichte ( Wallendorf ), one of the oldest in Europe. The Walldorf porcelain was originally distilled from raw materials to the environment so that the shards was correspondingly messy and toned. As early as 1780, however, succeeded by the reference and the use of Bohemian kaolin fire pure white body, so that in 1793 Wilhelm Martius on the Wall Porzellan said: "It is blindingly white, ... fine Painted and so hard that it gives the steel sparks. "

Until 1833, the manufactory was then owned by the family of the Hammann. This was followed by alternating rich years when the Walldorf-based porcelain manufacturer found itself in the hands of various owners, names, even today, are still for porcelain tradition and quality: Hutschenreuther, fights, Sontag, Heubach, Frauenreuth and Heinz Schaubachhütte. The changing owners and the economic ups and downs are manifested not least in the variety of soil trademarks used that occasionally strongly emulated the trademark to the Meißner, which led to several warnings of electoral Saxony state authority. The current brand ( W) bekreuzter helmet crown and the founding year of 1764 was introduced 200 years after the founding of the porcelain factory Walldorf.

Owner since 1763

The owners of the Wall Porzellan Manufaktur were:

• Paul Wagner from 1953
• Thanks Hans Habe
• Gerhard Graef and
• Bernd Zetzmann to 1990

Tradition

The traditional character of the manufactory Walldorfer Porcelain Manufactory has been preserved until today. What began in 1764 with the artisanal production of coffee, tea and chocolate services, and was supplemented from 1785 to figural representations, circumscribes even today along with various ornamental and Cup series, the products from the Wall Porzellan Manufaktur.

Although the slip is (thick liquid porcelain mass ) today touched no more after the original " alchemical Arcanum " the founder Wolfgang Hammann, but the further developed in decades recipe is still a carefully guarded secret factory. What has remained is the artisan production process.

Old Walldorf

In particular, in East Frisia, the service, the Walldorf porcelain manufactory, the so-called " Dresmer Teegood ", very popular. These are after more than 70 years of production break after the old original shapes and decors Dresmer Blue, Red Dresmer, East Frisian Rose made ​​. Since the original production documents are lost in the turmoil of the war and postwar years, production forms and decoration templates for original pieces, some from museums, partly by private collectors were a replica. So, to the delight of all porcelain connoisseurs, again the real Dresmer Teegood is produced in its original form today. Are highly appreciated by lovers of the figurative representations of Walldorf porcelain factory.

The majority of all figures is glazed white or produced as bisque and each is unique, hand-poured into molds, assembled and painted (porcelain painting). Another area of ​​Walldorf porcelain manufactory gift items, vases, candlesticks, bowls, boxes, etc.. Filigree forms in with decors from classic Indian blue to vernal bird and flower motifs

Production

Although the Wall Porzellan Manufaktur lays emphasis on historical production methods, it also has modern technology. In the production example isostatic pressing and pressure casting systems used. The acquisition of the factory in April 2006 has led in recent months to very many changes. So the Wall Porzellan Manufaktur GmbH produces first bone china.

Bone China is especially appreciated for its creamy- white hue, high resistance to chipping and its brilliant surface. The secret to its dense and extremely translucent ceramic body in the composition. In addition to kaolin, feldspar and quartz sand, it contains a 52 % share of bone ash, from which the name bone china or bone china is derived.