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The Porcelain Factory
Taking a age to post anything as normal but heres one from my last Eu trip with, which is in keeping with the latest ceramic works reports.
In operation for nearly 200yr this factory started primarily making tableware & employed around 200 people.
The company later expanded to manufacture toys & jewellery from porcelain, some of which were exhibited at the 1900 Paris world fair winning multiple awards.
A few years later at a exhibition in St Louis US their china received a gold medal for high quality. Many highly acclaimed artists were then trained at these works.
The works was family owned until 1939 & the outbreak of ww2, under soviet occupation this was turned into a state owned enterprise.
Eastern Europe was then the only market but fortunately their products were still seen as a luxury good.
After German re privatization the company hit financial trouble & the fashion had diminished.
Bankruptcy was imminent, but shortly after there was a last ditch attempt to save the company.
A factory outlet was opened but demand was limited.
The company survived till 2014 before finally closing its doors.
The Explore
Not much to tell really, did this place with my main Eu exploring crew along with a superb if chilly 5 day trip.
Access was unbelievably easy & we bumped into several other explorers inside but the place is huge so were uninterrupted for most our visit.
It is IMO a superb place, considering its lengthy abandonment there is soo much to see & its one of those places that just seems to get better the deeper u dive.
So starting at the lower floors, there is LOTS of old pottery.
Bizarrely there is a military stretcher laying outside
Going into the main production area its difficult to walk across the floor in places
The overlooking office has a few bits of old paperwork
cool little side room
Moving up a floor, guess what.. more porcelain
The next floor was quite cool
tons of old hand drawn dated drawings up here.
Pattern Room
These awesome kiln lifts run full height of the building through all floors
Moving into the attic, this place seemed like they never threw anything away, all the old moulds were stored here.
Someone's cigarette card collection was a nice touch
the pin up room
some nice calculations on the door post
Think that will have to do from here, if u have made it to the end thanks for looking
Taking a age to post anything as normal but heres one from my last Eu trip with, which is in keeping with the latest ceramic works reports.
In operation for nearly 200yr this factory started primarily making tableware & employed around 200 people.
The company later expanded to manufacture toys & jewellery from porcelain, some of which were exhibited at the 1900 Paris world fair winning multiple awards.
A few years later at a exhibition in St Louis US their china received a gold medal for high quality. Many highly acclaimed artists were then trained at these works.
The works was family owned until 1939 & the outbreak of ww2, under soviet occupation this was turned into a state owned enterprise.
Eastern Europe was then the only market but fortunately their products were still seen as a luxury good.
After German re privatization the company hit financial trouble & the fashion had diminished.
Bankruptcy was imminent, but shortly after there was a last ditch attempt to save the company.
A factory outlet was opened but demand was limited.
The company survived till 2014 before finally closing its doors.
The Explore
Not much to tell really, did this place with my main Eu exploring crew along with a superb if chilly 5 day trip.
Access was unbelievably easy & we bumped into several other explorers inside but the place is huge so were uninterrupted for most our visit.
It is IMO a superb place, considering its lengthy abandonment there is soo much to see & its one of those places that just seems to get better the deeper u dive.
So starting at the lower floors, there is LOTS of old pottery.
Bizarrely there is a military stretcher laying outside
Going into the main production area its difficult to walk across the floor in places
The overlooking office has a few bits of old paperwork
cool little side room
Moving up a floor, guess what.. more porcelain
The next floor was quite cool
tons of old hand drawn dated drawings up here.
Pattern Room
These awesome kiln lifts run full height of the building through all floors
Moving into the attic, this place seemed like they never threw anything away, all the old moulds were stored here.
Someone's cigarette card collection was a nice touch
the pin up room
some nice calculations on the door post
Think that will have to do from here, if u have made it to the end thanks for looking
