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(6) six SMALL FINGER BOWLS
BY JOHANN SELTMANN COMAPANY
VOHENSTRAUSS
BAVARIA GERMANY
10CM
THE PLATES DEPICT IMAGES OF BIRDS & BUGS
BACHSTELZEN - WAGTAILS watching a DRAGONFLY
LERCHEN - LARK watching a GRASSHOPPER
STIEGLITZE - MOMMA & BABIES learning to fy
DROSSELN - ROBIN?
BUCKFINKEN - FINCHES? watching BEETLE
KEISIGE - ?
DELIGHTFUL / WHIMSICAL
MID CENTURY MODERN DECOR
c. 1955 IDENTIFIED BY HALLMARK ON REVERSE
EACH PIECE HAS THE BIRDS NAMES IN GERMAN FRAKTUR



 
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Johann Seltmann was a land owner born 1856 in the town of Schlottenhof where he then spent many years watching his father working in his small decoration studio before following his own profession and finally moving to Waldau, completely losing interest in the business until it was roused again when his younger brother Karl Seltmann took over a factory in their home town in 1897 and named it ⇒Keramik- und Porzellanfabrik Karl Seltmann.

In 1901 Johann was approached by his youngest brother Christian Wilhelm Seltmann who at the time was the factory manager at the porcelain factory in Arzberg. Christian disliked the way he had to work there and so the brothers decided to open their own factory in 1901 with Christian as factory manager and after employing a group of specialists from Thuringia that would be able to instruct the unlearned workers, the new company started off with three kilns.

The location in Altenstadt (a part of the city of Vohenstrauß) was ideal as it not only offered cheap workers but also provided access to a railway connection that had been established between Vohenstrauß and Waidhaus. Next to being a perfect distribution method it also allowed the delivery of raw materials; at first the raw materials came from the Upper Palatinate area but it was planned to later use the better raw materials from Bohemia. Luckily the initial plans worked out fine and the facility soon became the largest source of employment for the whole area.

During the year 1909 Johann Seltmann wanted to change the business into a stock corporation and this resulted in constant discussions with his brother who believed that the business should stay in family hands. Unable to convince his brother Christian Wilhelm Seltmann finally founded the well-known factory ⇒Porzellanfabrik Christian Seltmann G.m.b.H. in the city of Weiden in 1910. The relationship between the two brothers never was the same, even if Johann Seltmann cancelled his plans and kept the business as a family-owned business.

Even after Christian left, business constantly increased and the factory employed around 500 workers in 1914; one third of the products were intended for export. By the time of its 25th anniversary, the family-owned business employed a workforce of 600 people. Sadly the anniversary could not be witnessed by the founder as Johann Seltmann died in 1921 at the age of 65, leaving the factory in the hands of his sons Robert and Christian who continued to expand business. During WWII the factory still employed over 600 people (records from 1938 and 1940), mainly producing cheap stapleware but also manufacturing items important for the war effort like insulators as well as other electro-technical items.

It should be mentioned that in 1941 the company was 'asked' to take in some partners; the company was put under state supervision and for a short time carried the company addition '⇒G.m.b.H.'; this 'partnership' was a method used to control vital companies from the inside. The buildings were critically damaged during the war and therefore the business was temporary closed directly after the war until the worst damage had been repaired. Completely in family hands again and supported by many returning former workers, the factory slowly restarted production.

In 1949 'Seltmann Vohenstrauss' already employed 556 people and one of the last modernization steps was initiated by Robert Seltmann himself shortly before he died in 1956: the replacement of the eight normal kilns by two modern gas-fired tunnel kilns. At the same time the company set up a second production line, the often underrated 'Eberthal' brand. This sub-brand had the cheaper market segments as target but in fact was not much different than the regular fully marked Seltmann products - only the decorations were sometimes a little different. The company successfully navigated through the following years until the early 1970's when business in Germany started to decline and the board of managers decided that partners were needed to ensure survival even if this would mean changing the registration form into a limited company....

see link for even more details on the History
https://www.porcelainmarksandmore.com/germany/bavaria/vohenstrauss-01/index.php

 


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