Rudolph Anton Chely

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Rudolph Anton Chely (* 1692 ; † November 12, 1770 in Braunschweig ) was Lieutenant Colonel in the Braunschweig Army and from 1745 holder of a princely privilege that allowed him to manufacture faience and porcelain in Braunschweig.

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Faience brand by Rudolph Anton Chely

In June 1745, Captain Chely founded the "Porcellain and Dutch tobacco pipe factory", which was also known as the "Porcellainfabrik vor dem Wendentore" because it was located near the Wendentore . In November 1745, Chely was granted the privilege of producing "real and fake porcelain on white and blue and all other colors of painted glazes" on his property for 10 years. For this purpose, he had his son Christoph Rudolph trained in Strasbourg from 1743, so that he could learn how to use muffle paints and work as a painter in the manufactory. From 1747 to 1749, 18 to 20 people were employed there, around seven of whom were soldiers. From 1746, among others, the modeller and bossier Sebastian Heinrich Kirch worked in the factory, who was later also referred to as “Meisterknecht Kirch” in the faience factory in Vegesack .

In November 1749 Chely, who had meanwhile been promoted to colonel, came into conflict with the Braunschweig city magistrate about the protection money for one of his employees. It is possible that he was demoted in this connection and placed under arrest until 1755. Chely managed to get the privilege extended before the deadline on November 28, 1754. Production at the factory was slow and in 1755 the ducal chamber reported that business was down. In a letter, Chely first described his goods as faience . Finally it was closed in 1757 or the products of the factory were offered from 1759 to 1762 under the name of his son "the youngest Mr. Chely", with Chely himself since 1758 officially as a pensioner.

From March 1757, Christoph Rudolf Chely and his wife worked for the princely manufactory as "Poussier". Chely has figurative representations in particular, such as gardeners, beggars, hussars or Persians, pigeons on the nest, but also cradles, pagodas, finely divided fruit baskets, melons, bunches of asparagus, grapes, breast pictures, butter dishes, plates, tureens, bowls and Salad made. He used a Strasbourg-style white glaze and dealt with the manufacture of enamel colors.

Rudolph Anton Chely was presumably rehabilitated because he died at the age of 78 as a lieutenant colonel.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Andreas Georg Waehner, Sigrid Dahmen: Diary from the Seven Years' War. Universitätsverlag Göttingen, 2012, ISBN 978-3-86395-063-7 , p. 239. ( books.google.de )
  2. ^ Christian Scherer: Braunschweiger Faience. Reprint 2013, ISBN 978-3-8460-9513-3 , pp. 25-26. ( books.google.de )
  3. ↑ a b Victor-L. Siemers: Chely (also Gelius, Cheli), Rudolph Anton. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 139 .
  4. ↑ Otto Riese bidder: German faience of the 17th and 18th centuries. Klinkhardt & Biermann, Leipzig 1921, OCLC 1417897 , p. 244.
  5. ↑ Hela Schandelmaier, Helga Hilschenz-Mlynek: Lower Saxony faience. Hanover 1993, p. 41.
  6. ^ Gordon Campbell: The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2006, ISBN 0-19-518948-5 , p. 151. ( books.google.de )
  7. ↑ Otto Riese bidder: German faience of the 17th and 18th centuries. Klinkhardt & Biermann, Leipzig 1921, OCLC 1417897 , p. 251.
personal data
SURNAME Chely, Rudolph Anton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gelius, Rudolph Anton; Cheli, Rudolph Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Colonel of the Brunswick Army and faience manufacturer
DATE OF BIRTH 1692
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 1770
Place of death Braunschweig