by Ludwig Danckert (*1915, †1998)
Prestel Books, Munich 1992
ISBN 3-7913-1173-5
The Royal EPIAG mark shown in the entry for Porzellanfabrik Victoria is misplaced. It actually belongs with the next entry, that of Porzellanfabrik Oscar & Edgar Gutherz.
The information on some Schiller & Gerbing marks is wrong and there was never any connection with the Isleworth Pottery. The confusion is based on the fact that the pottery in England was also marked with an "S&G" mark (sometimes above an "I", as shown in Danckert), simply because the owner company was called Shore & Goulding.
Danckert did not include an entry for the Porzellanfabrik Bogutschütz (or it's Polish successor, the Zaklady Porcelany Bogucice).
The Eberau (correct: Ebrach-Eberau) entry mentions that Irmgard Lang "worked in the tradition of the manufacturer Margarete Freitag, Großbreitenbach" without explaining that this refers to the factory of her parents, Margarete and Moritz Freitag. Furthermore, why does Danckert include Freitag's Großbreitenbach marks under the Ebrach-Eberau entry, but omit the marks actually used by Lang ?
Danckert did not include an entry for the factory in Elsterwerda.
The first of three entries for this town contains information about a small factory, supposedly founded in 1891; the mark shown cannot be correct, however, as it reads "Bavarian China" and "Germany". The image of the mark is obviously misplaced; the mark that *should* be shown here is one showing the Tetschen castle and the chain bridge over "Wallendar, Austria".
The entry on Porzellanfabrik Unger, Schneider & Co. contains many errors. Firstly, the comments on the awards received are correct as far as the dates are concerned, but note the wrong location in two cases, as it was Paris (not Melbourne) in 1878 and Sydney (not Brussels) in 1879. Referring to the nationalised porcelain factory Porzellanfabrik Carl Schneider's Erben, the book shows a crowned "1877" and claims this to be the anniversary mark used in 1934. Actually the comments on the last two marks are completely wrong, as the mark incorrectly shown as "anniversary mark" is actually that of the Porzellanmanufaktur Wagner & Apel during the period as VEB Vereinigte Zierporzellanwerke Lichte; the VEB Gräfenthaler Porzellanfiguren did not dictate a centralised VEB mark, but allowed the individual factories of this group to use their own marks (even if the text VEB Gräfenthaler Porzellanfiguren was sometimes used as a standalone addition). Finally, the first four marks shown are incorrectly attributed as those marks belong to the factory of Gotthelf Greiner from Großbreitenbach, as Dr. Rudi Greiner-Adam in his book "Der Schwabenhans" (a great documentation about his anchestors).
Danckert included an entry on this location, claiming that shown mark belonged to a decoration studio operated by Josef Strnact in the 1930s. There actually is no such town and the Strnact decoration studio was in fact located in the town of Geisingen (Baden-Württemberg).
Danckert did not include an entry for the business of Freitag & Pecher or its successor Moritz Freitag, instead the marks used by the latter are listed under the location of his daughter's business in Eberau (which should actually be Ebrach-Eberau).
The date given for the founding of the Gebrüder Schoenau factory is incorrect, it was actually 1817 (not 1865).
The entry for Küchler & Co. does not mention that the short-lived factory was taken over by Galluba & Hofmann in 1891.
The entry for Galluba & Hofmann is in so far incorrect that the business already closed down in 1929 while Danckert, based on the info provided by the Adressbuch der Keramindustrie, indicated that it had survived until 1936/1937.
The entry for the Porzellanfabrik Henneberg is partially incorrect.
The information attempting to explain a business relationship with Schiller & Gerbing is incorrect; there was never any relationship between the two.
Mark [298] in the entry on the company Quist & Kowalski is stated (without further comment) to have been registered in 1925. The registration date and number in the appendix are correct, but the mark had been registered 20 years earlier and was simply re-registered in 1925 as the maximum registration period had expired and the owner had changed. This may seem like a waste of time and money as the company only actively used the mark between 1906 and 1909, but some sources suggest that the mark was wanted by someone else and Quist simply did not want to give up his rights.
The mark shown as Martha Budich has long since been proven to be that of Karl Klette; it can be assumed that Danckert copied an erroneous Roentgen entry.
The stated year of foundation of R.&E. Pech is wrong: the factory was the successor of the Gebrüder Kühnlenz company, founded in 1884, which was sold to R.&E. Pech in 1929. In other words, R.&E. Pech started production in 1930, not 1830.
Danckert only shows the first mark used by the Oechsler & Andechser porcelain factory and completely ignores the second; it also fails to mention that the factory only existed for a few years before being taken over by Alboth & Kaiser.
The name of the town where J.W. Poduschka had his shop is given as "Krummennußbaum", but it should be "Krummnußbaum".
Danckert did not include an entry for the company of Gisela Keilhauer. He correctly mentions the original factory of Josef Franz Sieber in Schwarza an der Saale near Rudolstadt (Thuringia), but does not point out the Keilhauer connection or the relocation of the business to Küps (Bavaria) after the war.
The mark shown with this entry is misplaced, it's actually the second mark missing from the Gaebler & Gröschl entry in Ladowitz bei Dux a few entries further down the page. "G G D" here stands for Gaebler & Gröschl, Dux.
The "G G L" shown here stands for Gaebler & Gröschl, Ladowitz bei Dux. The second mark ("G G D") is shown at the top of the same page, see error on Laasdorf.
The shown square doll mark register reference "[61]" is misprinted, it's actually (as correctly noted in the text) register reference "[161]".
The leftmost mark under the entry for the Porselein en Tegelfabriek Mosa is incorrect; it's normally part of the mark used by the factory of E. & A. Müller from Schwarza-Saalbahn (Thuringia).
The entry on the Vernier brothers states that no mark is known, which Danckert himself proves to be incorrect as he clearly shows (and refers to) it in his entry on the Vereinigte Porzellanfabriken "Porzellan-Union" AG from Klösterle.
The entry for Hugo Lonitz & Co. shows two marks, but the one on the right (anchor and "P S F") is incorrectly placed, as it actually belongs to the next entry on the page, Georg Bennewitz.
The entry for Gebrüder Hubbe shows no marks, but at least one is listed in the appendix (section [G]). It is an anchor flanked by the initials "G" and "H"; it is there also correctly attributed to Neuhaldensleben.
Danckert misquotes the name of Charles Ahrenfeldt's company: his "C. Arenfeld & Son" is missing two letters in the surname.
The fifth mark listed under Franz Prause (crossed lines above crown) is misplaced, it actually belongs under the previous entry for Hermann Ohme.
The entry shows four trade mark images, two of which are incorrectly positioned: the leftmost belongs in the rightmost position and vice versa. Thus, the one on the right becomes the one on the left above the register reference "[233]", while the former left becomes the mark alleged to have been used from 1977 in the text.
The entry for the factory in Poschetzau gives the company name as "W.S. Mayer & Comp.", owned by "J.S. Meyer und Phil. Schreyer". First of all, there is an obvious difference between "Mayer" and "Meyer", but both versions are incorrect. The company was actually founded by J.S. Maier together with his partners Philip Schreyer and Nathan Ehrlich under the name J.S. Maier & Co..
It is stated that the VEB Porzellanfabrik Probstzella was in operation until at least 1990. This is incorrect as the factory closed in 1978.
The entry for Zeh, Scherzer & Co. includes a list of 14 marks. Mark 11 (crowned "SJCo") actually belongs to the first entry on the next page, as the mark was owned by Jacob, Schödl & Co. (also from the town of Rehau).
The alphabetical text entry for Hädrich & Sohn incorrectly points to the town of Rehau; it should actually be listed under the town of Reichenbach.
Two successive entries refer to the Hädrich families (same name, different family). The first is for Otto Hädrichs Witwe and shows only one mark. The second entry covers Hädrich & Sohn and incorrectly shows two marks; the second mark ("OHW" in a circle) actually belongs to the Otto Hädrichs Witwe entry.
The two entries for C.&E. Carstens and Schwabe & Co. suggest that these were two independent factories, but in fact the two entries describe different periods of a factory owned by Schwabe and then Carstens. The entry for C.&E. Carstens also states that the second mark shown was still in use in 1977, which is incorrect. The factory was nationalised in 1968 and used the old marks until 1972.
The entry for Rudolf Kämmer gives his name incorrectly as Kämmner.
The entry on Württembergische Porzellanmanufaktur Bauer & Pfeiffer is partly incorrect, especially regarding the founding date; also, the founding was not initiated by Bauer & Rosenthal, as they had split up the year before.
Danckert did not mention that Josef Franz Sieber's business moved to Küps after the Second World War and was continued under the name of Gisela Keilhauer.
The entry for Götze & Heine states that they were located in "Steinbach near Hüttensteinach". However, this is the same town that is usually called "Steinbach near Sonneberg", which is now part of Sonneberg itself.
Gerhard Knopf's shop is incorrectly listed as being in "Steinbach near Sonneberg" (in Thuringia). However, his shop was always located in "Steinbach an der Haide", which is now part of the town of Ludwigsstadt in Upper Franconia (Bavaria).
Only the first two trademarks shown under the entry for Alfred Stellmacher were his, all the others belonged to his son, Eduard Stellmacher. This is important to note, as Eduard only started using them in 1910, after separating from the company he co-founded in 1892, Riessner, Stellmacher & Co.. This of course means that he started using them more than twelve years after his father's factory had been taken over by Ernst Wahliss (1897), showing that these marks definitely do not belong to Alfred Stellmacher.
Danckert has mixed up some company history here. The factory of Hermann Scholz (founded in 1872) and his successors never had any connection with J. Schnabel & Sohn (a company that did not even operate under that name until 1883).
In his entry on Porzellanfabrik K. Steinmann, there is some confusion about the use of the eagle and initials mark, apparently Danckert did not know about the factory's earlier incarnations. Such knowledge would have made it clear that the mark in question could not date from "around 1840", as Kuno Steinmann apparently did not own the factory until 1883.
There is no record of the business of Hans Schwägerl & Sohn or its successor, Porzellan Schwägerl GmbH.
The dating of the Krister Porzellan-Manufaktur marks contains many obvious errors, some marks are missing completely and the starting period history is wrong.
The entry for Slama & Co. is misleading, as there were in fact two (!) companies that were linked by a family connection but otherwise had no interaction. The first had its main office/warehouse in Hennersdorf (Austria), while its retail shop for glass, ceramics and luxury goods was in Vienna. They did use some custom marks applied by the original creators of the items they purchased, but these have nothing to do with those shown in Danckert's book. Those listed in Danckert belong to the second company, Keramia Sláma, which was based in the town of Znaim (Czech: Znojmo) in the region of Moravia.
The history of the Vereinigte Zeller Fabriken Georg Schmider is partly incorrect.
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