Arzberg porcelain
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Arzberg is the trademark of a German manufacturer of bone china, founded 1887 in Arzberg, Bavaria. Its fame is largely based on designs by Hermann Gretsch, whose Form 1382, conceived in 1931 and based on Bauhaus-principles, marks a mile-stone in modern design; Form 1382 is still produced today, and sold worldwide.
Today, however, the headquarters holding the trademark Arzberg (and Schirnding as well) are located in Schirnding, while the main part of the production is meanwhile settled abroad.
[edit] History
The Hutschenreuther AG holding the trademark Arzberg since 1972, vanished in 2000. At this time, there was evidently no place for modernist Arzberg design. Years later, in 2004, SKV-Porzellan-Union GmbH founded in 1993 by the procelain companies Schirnding, Kronester und Johann Seltmann Vohenstrauß, was renamed in Arzberg-Porzellan GmbH, and with the trademark Arzberg incorporated, the production taken up again.
In 2003, SKV had c. 250 employes.
[edit] Designers
- Hermann Gretsch (1895-1950)
- Heinrich Löffelhardt (1901-1979)
[edit] Weblinks
- Porzellanfabrik Arzberg, official webpage
