Trade-marks with datas
How the Fraureuth AG marked her porcelain
Mark of the art department, 1914-1919
Marke der Kunstabteilung, 1914-1919
The first Fraureuther trade-mark existed until at least 1896 (probably however until 1899) as the latin F in a circle. Into the circle possibly also can be that the No. of the builderfrom the piece is pressed. Furthermore handwritten the decoration and/or painter number can be attached to this trade-mark a blind stamp for the No. of the form. Afterwards the trade-mark changes into the mirror monogram of PF in a circle under the crown, maintained up to the end. This was pressed beginning also as blind stamp in the pieces. Afterwards the trade-mark in green or grey was marked with the additive "Fraureuth" under the porcelain. To the mirror monogram over- and underglaze were added again and again. Usually porcelain of the art department was additionally marked. Excluding the products the painting studio in Dresden are provided with an additional, oranges mark overglaze. Pieces, those to favour of the national donation were sold or export articles had additional marks to the Fraureuth trade-mark. After 1918 the additive "Saxony" is marked, although Fraureuth belonged not to Saxony. It belonged this time to Thuringia. The designation "Saxony" was however well known and particularly in the export sale. Naturally to decorate white talbeware also purchased by independent porcelain painting around it there. In this case also the respective mark of the painting studio is additional to the Fraureuth trade-mark stamped, which decorated the porcelain. Here are for example the companies are Wilhelm Kunst, Ernst Bohne, Sonntag & Soehne, Otto and Ehrich Kunze and Leopold Petschauer. Except these information also still the stamp of the porcelain dealer at that time can be attached.
A continuous and far going uniform mark of the parts did not take place however unfortunately. The mirror monogram is always present. Marks and designations to model, decoration, job etc. are only sporadically attached. The information is exemplary with the figure "playing pair of children" from Ernst Broedel.
The figurine is marked with mirror monogram and becoming green signature "Fraureuth art department". Apart from the signature "Ernst Broedel" is scratched the number of 1918. Furthermore the numbers of 1240 and 22 (marked), 10 (scratched), 19/647 (up painted) and 25 are on the lower surface of plastics (up painted in gold). These information is to be interpreted as follows:
A work of the art department
Model: Ernst Broedel
Draft: 1918
Model number: 1240
Caster number: 22
Bossierer number: 10
Decoration number: 19/674 *
Painter number: 25
Execution: 1919
* The 19 thus 1919 stand for the year of the decoration draft. The second number means, which concerns it is the 674 decoration variant of the year 1919 for this model.
Unknown trade-mark
But not Fraureuth
The porcelain painting studio Lichte started in 1917. They decorate vases, boxes and porcelain plates with copys from picture galerys here. Since the manufacture Wallendorf was closed 1915, one could with the best porcelain painter for this range engage here.
From the year 1919 the Fraureuth AG is in the following arrangement:
Porcelain factory in Fraureuth, 1865-1926
Porcelain painting studio in Lichte, 1917-1926
Porcelain painting studio in Dresden, 1917-1926
Art department in Wallendorf, 1919-1926
Naturally white tableware was decorated also in other porcelain painting factorys. Here it gave for example the porcelain painting factory of Sonntag & Söhne as well as Langer & Jahn in Geiersthal, the company Pickard and Kniffin & Demarest CO in the USA.
An article from "Westermanns of monthly magazines" from June 1919 concerning the contract making of the Fraureuth AG with the national donation describes the work of the art department as follows: "Artistic porcelain, still before approximately 20 years a small circle of wealthy ones accessible, became common property, since private porcelain factories took up the competition with the national manufakturen and and products on the market to bring, which are equivalent at quality and artistic execution those of the national enterprises, their prices in addition, the less wealthy one the acquisition to make possible. The porcelain factory Fraureuth to Fraureuth in Werdau in Saxony continued to go in its price strategy even still another step: without the prices of their products are higher than other factories, they branch of 20 from 100 of the selling price in accordance with a contract closed with the national donation to these. On this way each buyer of Fraureuth porcelain gives a little money for the survivors in the war the killed persons at the same time. The artistic porcelain of the factory Fraureuth belongs to the best products the private german porcelain factory table tableware in white, with gold corrosion or handpainted flower samples, beautiful formed vases with underglazed painting, multicolored art plates, small dear boxes and of considerable artists modelled groups of figures makes for the housewife as to the collector from porcelain the choice heavy. The factory Fraureuth also created in the war many new models and in the following months incessantly at the development of its art department. They give models in a large number on the market. It comes to meet thereby the desires of the buyers, those, by the lack of other luxury and gift articles, stronger favour at artistic products of the porcelain factories found partly forced ,,,,,,"
* Heinz Schaubach took after the bankruptcy of the Fraureuth AG, this work. This division became between 1928 and 1953 Schaubachkunst, until 1960 under VEB Schaubachkunst, admits. More for this you find on the homepage Schaubachkunst.
