Eduard Eichler

Eduard Eichler (* March 25, 1830 ; † January 1, 1887 ) born in Hohenstein, living in Dux, was the founder of Eduard Eichler, the porcelain, majolica, faience and terracotta factory "Royal Dux Bohemia" in 1860. His first marriage it entered in 1854 with Karolina Fliegel from Mariaschein. Together they had a son, Eduard Michael Eichler. After the early death of his first wife in 1857, he married Maria Amalia Lumpe from Kreibitz. This second marriage resulted in at least six more children.

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Eduard Eichler bought a small factory in Dux ( Duchcov ), which was founded in 1853, and renamed it “Royal Dux Bohemia”. He produced faience and porcelain . At the beginning of the 20th century, Eichler was already exporting more than 50% of its productions. In 1862 he also bought a small factory near Šelty Ceska Lipa. The company experienced a period of prosperity and the goods produced here were mainly made of terracotta , faience and majolica . The designs of his porcelain figurines were similar to those from Copenhagen , Worcester and Sèvres and were very successful. The work was awarded the Grand Prix Prize at the World's Fair in St. Louis in 1904. It received the silver medal at the Milan Fair in 1906 and a gold medal at the Liberec exhibition. Some of the products introduced during this period are still in production to this day. After the death of Eduard Eichler in 1887, his widow Amalia Eichler ran the company until 1890. After she died, the factory was taken over by her son Hans Wilhelm. Hans Wilhelm modernized and expanded the company and began to introduce soft porcelain . Based on the continued success of the company, it was converted into a stock corporation under the name "Duxer Porzellanmanufaktur AG" and had its headquarters in Berlin .

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