Ludwig Mory pewter foundry
The Ludwig Mory tin foundry is in since 1827 München existing tin foundry for Edelzinn whose founder Bartholomew Pruckner Hofzinngießer the Bavarian Crown was. The shop previously existed on Promenadeplatz, from 1920–2001 on Munich's Marienplatz in the New Town Hall.
history
The founding of the Ludwig Mory pewter foundry goes back to Bartholomäus Pruckner, who was granted the license to run the pewter foundry in Munich on November 18, 1827. In 1833 Bartholomäus Pruckner opened his business at Promenadeplatz 3 in Munich. Bartholomäus Pruckner learned the pewtering trade from Johan Sick in Landshut , who came from a Tyrolean family from Telfs . Since December 10, 1836, he has been a pewter master at the general German industrial exhibition in Munich in 1854 and in 1858 at the local industry exhibition to celebrate the 700th anniversary of the royal capital and residence city of Munich "a gilded royal coat of arms of tin ( Composition), large Byzantine bronzed altar candlesticks, smaller ones of a different shape, Gothic bronzed altar candlesticks, pewter goblets with various figures, a stone jug with a decorated lid and gnome figure, a glass jug with green glass polka dots and a similar lid, a pattern of a Greek capital, sample cards with Pewter ornaments " . He died as a court pewter on July 20, 1859.
His son Georg Pruckner took over the business as a master pewter, succeeding his father, but died in 1862. Maximilian Pruckner continued the pewter foundry from 1865 on. Robert Ludwig Mory and Sebastian Gruber took over the business from him in 1889. Robert Ludwig Mory was a co-founder of the Deutscher Werkbund . In addition to an exhibition of 26 tin utensils on the Esplanade des Invalides at the Paris World Exhibition in 1900, Ludwig Mory exhibited in the Bavarian Hall of the German Werkbund Exhibition in Cologne in 1914. The shop window on Promenadplatz was an attraction of the Sunday walk among Munich residents: thousands of their own tin soldiers were arranged in the shop window to re-enact historical battles week after week.
Fritz Mory moved the shop from Promenadplatz in 1920 to the New Town Hall on Marienplatz and called it "Ludwig Mory - pewter foundry, glass, earthenware and antiques dealer" . From 1956 to 1982 the company was managed by Ludwig Paul Mory, who also gained international recognition through the publication of a "Pewter Lexicon" . Christine "Christl" Mory, known as Münchner Wiesn - Kindl 1972–1978, has been running the craft business since 1982 .
The shop on Marienplatz was given up in 2001, the foundry has existed in Amalienstraße since it moved in 1956 .
Mark
Mory pewter is a precious pewter and is particularly common in Munich inns (including Munich Hofbräuhaus and Bratwurst Glöckl am Dom). The special historical value of Mory pewter tableware consists of the stock of cast ingots and molds from the 19th and early 20th centuries that are still used in production.
Mory tin is made from fine tin alloys with at least 97.5% Sn, an alloy that exceeds the requirements of DIN standard 17810 for tin dishes. The usual purities for pewter dishes are usually tin contents of 90–95%, older items sometimes reach 80–90%. According to DIN 17810, a tin stamp “pure tin” may be issued for alloys with 95% tin.
Products
In addition to the manufacture of pewter dishes, the covering of stoneware is the most important business sector. Mory covers stoneware from the provenances of Marzi & Remy, Merkelbach & Wick, Porzellanmanufaktur Nymphenburg , Manufaktur Keramische Werkstätten München-Herrsching and Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach.
Awards
Awards were the "Honorable Mention for special purity and care" of the works exhibited at the general German industrial exhibition in Munich in 1854, as well as the award of the tin caster apprentice Georg Pruckner as award winner of the Royal Agricultural and Trade School in Landshut. At the Bavarian State Industry, Trade and Art Exhibition in Nuremberg in 1896, the Ludwig Mory company, B. Pruckner's successor, was awarded a silver medal "for the beautiful execution of tin utensils". In 1995 Ludwig Mory GmbH's apprentice pewter, Pavle Cikovac (supervised by master pewter Walter Hecker), was honored by the Chamber of Crafts for Munich and Upper Bavaria as a chamber winner in the practical performance competition of the Bavarian youth craftsmen.
literature
- Ludwig Mory: Nice tin. 4th edition Bruckmann, Munich 1972, ISBN 3-7654-1416-6
Web links
- Mory Pewter Foundry website
- Mory-Feinzinn in the magazine Kunst und Handwerk: magazine for arts and crafts
- Historical Mory-Feinlzinn in the magazine Kunst und Handwerk: magazine for arts and crafts