Amphora works
The Amphora-Werke were a porcelain factory in Turn-Teplitz in the Kingdom of Bohemia ( Austria-Hungary , from 1918 Czechoslovakia ). The works existed from 1892 to 1945 (closed in 1946) and were particularly known for their art ceramics and Art Nouveau vases .
history
Vase with elm leaves and blackberries in the Hungarian Museum of Decorative Arts , Budapest
Vase with maritime fauna in the Bröhan Museum, Berlin
Vase with leaves and beetles, Bröhan Museum
Vase with butterfly and spider webs, Bröhan Museum
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The porcelain manufacture "Amphora-Werke kk priv. Keramische Werke Rießner, Stellmacher & Kessel" was founded in 1892 by Hans Rießner, Carl Rießner, Eduard Stellmacher and Rudolf Kessel and manufactured porcelain and luxury vessels that have won international awards. Initially, luxury boxes made of porcelain were produced here, from 1894 figures and from 1885 ceramic products such as vases , jardines and similar objects with floral ornaments as well as other porcelain products with an ivory-like surface, unsintered earthenware or stoneware .
Thanks to the successful export business, the company was soon able to expand. In 1896 there were 250 workers working here; in 1900 the company already employs 300 workers. The company had sales and showrooms in Paris , Vienna , Leipzig and Berlin .
In 1904 Eduard Stellmacher withdrew from the company and founded his own porcelain factory in Turn-Teplitz. The company subsequently operated under the name "Rießner & Kessel, kk priv. Keramische Werke Amphora ". After Rudolf Kessel left the company in 1910, the company was now called "Amphora-Werke Riessner" and was from then on under the sole management of Hans and Carl Rießner.
After the Second World War , the company was nationalized in 1945.
Awards
- 1893 - Chicago (Grand Prix)
- 1894 - Antwerp (Mention honorable)
- 1894 - San Francisco (Gold Medal)
- 1897 - Brussels (member of the jury)
- 1898 - Vienna (diploma)
- 1900 - Paris (Médaille d'or)
- 1901 - St. Petersburg (золото, gold medal)
- 1902 - St. Petersburg (Большой диплом, Grand Diploma)
- 1903 - Athens (Mention honorable)
- 1904 - Düsseldorf (gold medal)
- 1904 - St. Louis (Grand Prix)
- 1905 - Liège (Diplôme honorifique)
- 1906 - Milan (Menzione d'onore)
- 1908 - St. Petersburg (золото, gold medal)
- 1910 - Brussels (Grand Prix)
Museums
Some museums host art ceramics of the amphora works in their collections, including:
- Badisches Landesmuseum , Karlsruhe
- Bröhan Museum , Berlin
- Grassi Museum , Leipzig
- Hetjens Museum , Düsseldorf
- Porzellanikon , Hohenberg an der Eger
- Teplice Regional Museum , Czech Republic
reception
On November 3, 2019, an episode of the NDR's Lieb & Teuer program was broadcast, moderated by Janin Ullmann and filmed in Reinbek Castle . It discussed with the art historian Wilhelm Hornbostel a stoneware floor vase designed by Eduard Stellmacher at the end of the 19th century , which is adorned with a dragon and a frog and produced in the Amphora Works.
literature
- Eric Bradley: Antique Trader Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide 2018 . F + W Media, 2017, ISBN 978-1-4402-4840-5 , pp. 270ff.
- Volker Mölle Riessner: Amphora. The porcelain and ceramics manufacture in Northern Bohemia. book-on-demand, 2012, ISBN 978-3-86386-379-1 .
- Richard L. Scott: The House of Amphora. 2004, ISBN 0-9747377-0-4 .
- Byron Vreeland: Monsters & Maidens - Amphora Pottery. Fledermaus Press, 2003, ISBN 0-9741751-0-2 .
- Byron Vreeland: Monster & Maidens - Collector's Edition. Fledermaus Press, 2011, ISBN 978-0-9741751-1-9 .
Web links
- Amphora Werke Reissner (Austrian, established 1892–1945). In: artnet , with pictures of works from the Amphora works.
- Amphora . In: porcelainzone.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Die Weltkunst, Volume 43, 1973, p. 714.
- ↑ Floor vase with dragon figure . In: NDR from November 3, 2019.