Schney (German) porcelain basket-form salt, Onion Pattern, c. 1870

$85.00 AUD

6cm high
8cm wide

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The vilage of Schney in Bavaria is famous for it’s basket-work; small surprise this porcelain piece made there is also in the form of a basket!

Near Lichtenfels, in Schney, a village which in former times belonged
to a knighthood, local Lord Brockendorff recruited Johann G. C. A.
Martin, an expert for the formula of porcelain, for the establishment
of a porcelain factory. The business founded in 1782 grew rapidly,
after Schney in 1806 had become part of Bavaria and temporarily
possessed a subsidiary in Tirschenreuth. In 1874, the factory was sold
by the founder’s descendants to businessmen probably coming from
Thuringia, and it was taken over in 1923 by Veilsdorf Monastery and
closed in 1928.

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