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HEINZGLAS KLEINTETTAU
Artistic design
by Gerd Fleischmann
The „Royally Appointed Porcelain
Factory Tettau“ („Königlich privilegierte
Porzellanfabrik Tettau“) - founded in
1794 with Polymath’s Alexander von
Humboldt’s support — was exhibited
for several months in the Flacon Glass
Museum in Kleintettau. The impressive
collection includes over 200 porcelain
culture pieces in fascinating varieties.
General manager Uwe Motzke, sales
manager Ramona Unbehaun (both of the
Porcelain Factory Tettau), PR manager
Ute Schaller, president of the Glass
Preserver Association Carl-August Heinz
(both of Heinz-Glas), as well as scientist
Jana Buhrow rendered outstanding
services to this remarkable and attractive
show of domestic handicraft culture at
its highest level.
Forrest as energy source
At the opening ceremony Mr. Carl-
August Heinz, president of the Glass
Preservers Association said “Thank you”
to the „Royally Appointed Porcelain
Factory Tettau“ and its general manager,
Uwe Motzke for the assistance in
opening the special exhibition which
definitely is a great boost for the glass
museum as well. Many examples clearly
show the high affinity between glass
and porcelain. Both mediums have
benefited once from local forests as
energy source, because these products
can be made only at high temperatures.
Finally, to make porcelain and glass,
you always need highly
skilled craftsmen. General
manager Uwe Motzke also
recognizes analogies in
tradition and raw materials
for both glass and porcelain.
And in addition, in terms of
social aspects, the porcelain
and glass makers have
something in common.
Uwe Motzke thanked the
glass preservers for enabling
this show. After all, the year
2010 is a real porcelain year
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in the Flacon Glass Museum!
he said, because we are celebrating
our 300th anniversary of the
foundation of the first European
porcelain factory in Meißen,
established on January 25th 1710.
Porcelain has been made for 250
years in the Thuringian factory
“Oldest Porcelain Craftmanship
Volksstadt” (Rudolstadt). George
Heinrich Macheleid (1723 to
1801) introduced this innovation to
Thuringia. Motzke also explained,
that the company Seltmann in
Weiden has been founded 100 years
ago. After all, besides the “Oldest
Porcelain Craftmanship Volksstadt”,
the porcelain factory Scheibe-
Alsbach and the Unterweissbacher
workshops for porcelain art
with their art departments of the
Schwarzburg workshops were
belonging to „Royally Appointed
Porcelain Tettau” for 20 years.
Mr. Motzke mentioned that the glass
makers were particularly interested
in the production of porcelain. They
used the “milky glass”, which has
been known since the 15th century.
Also inventor Macheleit could use it
to fuel experience in the glassworks
to invent the “Arkanum“, the mass
formulation. After its discovery,
further porcelain factories were
founded by glass makers in Limbach,
Wallendorf and Abbey Veilsdorf.
In the year 1793, the porcelain
manufacturer George Christian
Friedmann Greiner and the salesman
Johann Friedrich Paul Schmidt from
Coburg submitted a request for
the establishment of a porcelain
factory, which had been appraised
by Alexander von Humboldt and the
bailiff of Lauenstein, Johann Valentin
Fränkel.
Oldest porcelain
factory in Bavaria
Although the permission came
to a halt, since the glass makers
of Kleintettau with support of the
porcelain makers Offeney from
Limbach appeared as competitors
for the establishment of the
porcelain factory in Tettau. Despite
all difficulties the porcelain factory
was finally founded on the 28th
of December 1794 in Tettau after
the privilege had been granted
by the king of Brandenburg
(Prussia) and so it is now the
oldest porcelain factory in Bavaria.
“I am happy to see that the domestic
companies are now working
graciously together since the
initiative “Handicraft and Culture“
has been founded”, said Motzke. This
is particularly good for tourism. “This
exhibition means for me another step
to develop our cooperation.”
Photo: Young painter Eva-
Maria Heinz shows off
her unique ability to paint
on the Hundertwasser
collection. (photo from
left) Sales director Ramona
Unbehaun, Ute Schaller
(Heinz-Glas), company
owner Carl-August Heinz
and manager director
Uwe Motzke. Little Lea
Schaller is also interested
in what happens on this
100 years old painting
table.