Germany / Bavaria / Burgwindheim:

[1] : Glas- und Porzellan-Manufaktur Theo Kühn (1958 until 1998)

The business started off as a two-man enterprise in 1958 in a 100 square meters single room, manufacturing souvenirs and related products, finally being able to proudly look at a company sign in front of a basement in München-Milbertshofen in 1959. This represented the first steps in a wonderful future; the new location offered 350 square meters for the now 15 employees, which was followed by another move to München-Garching, this time expanding to 1,000 square meters in 1973. In the year 1984 the final move to Burgwindheim followed after finding a new building with 1,200 square meters.

The new building grew even larger after including an own factory for silk-screen printing three years later, followed by a further expansion of the main building by another 400 square meters in 1991. The last expansion was needed to house the newest computer aided printing machines needed to cover the demand of high quality silk-screen lithopanes for decoration purposes. With a total workforce of over 40 people, the factory now produces high-quality gift porcelain and glasswares, including simple mugs up to complete dinner sets with personalized decorations.

[2] : Glas- und Porzellan-Manufaktur Theo Kühn, Inh. Klaus Kühn (1998 until 2005)

Theo Kühn officially retired on January 1st 1998 and the small factory was taken over by his son Klaus Kühn who continued the business up until the year 2005.

[3] : Glas- und Porzellan-Manufaktur Theo Kühn e.K. (2005 until ????)

On September 14th 2005 the business was then taken over by Theobald Kühn and it seems he did not continue for long as the homepage came down shortly afterwards; there has been no further information available since.

Marks

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No date known.

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No date known, this time with 'BAVARIA' and 'GERMANY' on either side.

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No date known, note that it says 'WEST GERMANY'.
(Picture: Cindy Danielski
& Cathy Laaksonen)

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No date known, this time with 'MADE IN GERMANY'. This mark exists in both black and blue versions.

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No date known but probably the last version used. This mark also exists in both black and blue versions.

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Interesting version with additional 'cover-up' mark barely hiding the original 'Hutschenreuther' (Selb) mark.