Association of German Porcelain Factories

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The Vereinigung Deutscher Porzellanfabriken GmbH was founded in Berlin in 1900 and existed until 1912.

history

The Association of German Porcelain Tableware Manufacturers issued an invitation to a meeting on June 9, 1899. At this meeting, it was decided to found an association. On January 25, 1900, German porcelain manufacturers founded the Association of German Porcelain Factories to raise the Porzellan-Industrie GmbH. The share capital was 60,000 marks. In 1900 it already had 52 factories. In 1910 there were 77 factories. This association existed from 1900 to 1912.

The Verband Deutscher Porzellangeschirr-Fabriken GmbH continued to exist. In 1925 it had 133 members as a cartel for the porcelain industry. In 1925 the managing directors were: Carl Tettenborn and Fritz Jaeger. In 1930 the association had 107 members, in 1937 87 and in 1941 117 members. The purpose of the association was the implementation of facilities to boost the porcelain industry, in particular to achieve reasonable sales prices by agreeing general sales and payment conditions for domestic and foreign countries as well as the introduction of measures to prevent overproduction .

Members

In the manual of the Association of German Porcelain Crockery Manufacturers GmbH from 1922 there is a list of 46 companies that signed the articles of association on January 25, 1900 for the establishment of the Association of German Porcelain Manufacturers for the Elevation of Porcelain Industry GmbH . From 1908 to 1912, every member could use the association's brand and the company number assigned to them to mark their porcelain accordingly. The list of names of the companies and their company numbers can be found in the address book of the Keram-Industrie from 1910.

brand

VDP porcelain brand, around 1910

In 1908 a trademark (VDP in a circle) was registered in the Reichszeichenregister (RWZR). This mark was used by the member companies. The number under the brand is the membership number of the porcelain factory that made the particular piece of porcelain. The membership numbers were probably not issued until 1908. Examples: As an underglaze press mark (blind stamp) with a 15 underneath, it was used by the porcelain factory Joseph Hohmann from Düsseldorf-Derendorf even without an additional company stamp . The Eduard Mühlenfeld porcelain factory in Eisenberg ( Thuringia ) used it as a stamp (green glaze) with a 25 underneath .

literature

  • Dieter Zühlsdorf: Brand Lexicon, Porcelain and Ceramics Report 1885–1935. P. 473. Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-925369-00-7 .
  • Ludwig Danckert: Handbook of European porcelain . Prestel, Munich - Berlin - London - New York, ISBN 978-3-7913-3281-9 , pp. 61/62.
  • Wilhelm Vershofen: Handbook of the Association of German Porcelain Tableware Manufacturers GmbH. , Pp. 12-14, 1922.
  • Address book of the ceramic industry 1910. pp. 659–660, publisher: Der Sprachsaal, Müller & Schmidt, Coburg.