Eckernförder Faience Manufactory

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The Eckernförde Fayencemanufaktur was a factory for the production of faience in Eckernförde that existed from 1759 to 1780 .

Eckernförder faience from the 18th century, on permanent loan to Eutin Castle

history

Criseby / Krieseby

In 1759 Johann Nikolaus Otte (1714–1780) founded the manufacture on his estate Krieseby (then "Criseby" ) together with his brother, the shipowner and mayor Friedrich Wilhelm Otte (1715–1766 ) (which is why it was also known as Crisebyer Fayencemanufaktur for this period - or Kriesebyer Fayencemanufaktur - is called).

Eckernförde

Johann Georg Buchwald (1723–1806) - head of the manufacture from 1765 to 1768

In 1765 the manufacture was relocated to Eckernförde , where the Otte family already owned other businesses - from this point on it was referred to as the Eckernförde Faience Manufactory .

The faiences created in Eckernförde achieve - in contrast to the ones made in Krieseby - a high quality (both in the plastic, as well as in some cases richly decorated execution as well as the painting) which in some cases allow a European level to be achieved. Among other things, richly decorated crockery and centerpieces with an elaborate cobalt blue or multi-colored painting were produced.

The reason for the increase in quality was the appointment of Johann Georg Buchwald in 1765 as a director and very good faience painter - for example by Georg Friedrich Zopff, Abraham Leihammer and Johann Leihammer.

In 1768 Johann Georg Buchwald (and with him numerous craftsmen) switched to the Kiel faience factory (in Kiel ), whereupon the Eckernförde faience factory almost stopped production. From 1771 production increased again under the new director Jahn, but did not reach the previous quality. Some time after the death of the founder Johann Nikolaus Otte in 1780, the factory closed.

Others

The faiences produced in the Faience Manufactory in Eckernförde have achieved a quality that makes them objects of art historical importance for northern Germany - and the faience produced under Johann Georg Buchwald for Europe as well. You can find them in museums - including the Museum of Art and Industry in Hamburg, the Museum Eckernförde and the Museumberg Flensburg .

literature

  • Jørgen Greve Ahlefeldt-Laurvig: Abraham Leihammer . In: Weilbach. Dansk Kunstnerleksikon . Volume 5: Hans W. Larsen - CF Møller. Munksgaard, Copenhagen 1995, ISBN 87-16-11424-8 .
  • Jørgen Greve Ahlefeldt-Laurvig: Johann Leihammer . In: Weilbach. Dansk Kunstnerleksikon. Volume 5: Hans W. Larsen - CF Møller. Munksgaard, Copenhagen 1995, ISBN 87-16-11424-8 .
  • Jørgen Greve Ahlefeldt-Laurvig: Georg Friedrich Zopff . In: Weilbach. Dansk Kunstnerleksikon. Volume 9: Per Weiss - Carl Henning Aarsø. Munksgaard, Copenhagen 2000, ISBN 87-621-0013-0 .
  • Eckernforde Pottery. In: Gordon Campbell (Ed.): The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts. Oxford University Press, Oxford et al. 2006, ISBN 978-0-19-518948-3 .
  • Claudia Kanowski: Faience from the Baltic Sea region. Ceramic treasures of the Rococo. Edited by Herwig Guratzsch . Hirmer, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-7774-9740-1 (catalog book for the exhibition of the same name; in it: Henrik Lungagnini: The life of Johann Georg Ludwig Bonifacius Buchwald as a typical example of a faience traveling artist. ).
  • Kirsten Rykind-Eriksen: Johann Georg Buchwald . In: Weilbach. Dansk Kunstnerleksikon. Volume 1: A - Kai Christensen. Munksgaard, Copenhagen 1994, ISBN 87-16-11419-1 .
  • Paul Zubek: Schleswig-Holstein faience. Holdings of the Schleswig-Holstein State Museum (= Art in Schleswig-Holstein. Vol. 24). Wachholtz, Neumünster 1983, ISBN 3-529-02540-2 .

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