Lichte Porzellan
The Lichte porcelain (GmbH) (German: Lichte Porzellan (GmbH)) was founded 1822 in Lichte, Thuringian Highlands.
Type | Company with limited liability |
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Founded | 1822 |
Headquarters | , |
Products | Porcelain, Porcelain painting, Figurines |
Website | Lichte porcelain |
History
On the northern hillside of the Thuringian Highland, close to the Rennsteig, where the early settlements of the Thuringian porcelain manufacturing took its rise, Johann Heinrich Leder established in 1822 a new porcelain manufacturer, today’s Lichte porcelain (GmbH).
Early work
Although the newly established porcelain manufacturer was from the very beginning in close competition to the already 1764 founded local Wallendorf porcelain manufacture,
Structure of the manufacture
Time | Description | Affiliation to | Remarks |
1822–1824 | Lichte porcelain | Ownership by Johann Heinrich Leder | |
1824–1830 | Lichte porcelain | Ownership by Wilhel & Heinrich Liebmann | |
1830–1840 | Lichte porcelain | Exclusive possession by W. Liebmann | |
1840–1846 | Lichte porcelain | Heubach brothers company | Ownership by Christoph & Phillipp Heubach |
1846–1848 | Lichte porcelain | Heubach brothers company | Ownership by Anton Heubach (son of C. Heubach) |
1848–1876 | Lichte porcelain | Heubach brothers company | Ownership by A. & Louis Heubach (son of P. Heubach) |
1876–1887 | Lichte porcelain | Heubach brothers company | 1876 retirement of A. Heubach; exclusive possession by L. Heubach participation of its sons Hermann, Philipp & Ottokar (1886 death of Hermann) |
1887–1904 | Lichte porcelain | Heubach brothers company | Ownership by P. & O. Heubach (1889 participation of Richard H.) |
1904–1919 | Lichte porcelain | Gebrueder Heubach AG | 1904 foundation of the Heubach brothers AG managing directors: the previous holders (1908 participation of Eduard H., son of Hermann) |
1919–? | Lichte porcelain | Gebrueder Heubach AG | Managing director: Eduard Heubach (son of H. Heubach) |
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1990–present | Lichte porcelain (GmbH) | Company with limited liability | Managing director:
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See also
- Lichte, the municipality
- Porcelain manufactures in Europe
References
- Wilhelm Stieda: Die Anfänge der Porzellanfabrikation auf dem Thüringerwalde Jena 1902, S. 71 ff
- Commemorative publication to the 100th anniversary, Lichte, Dec. 1922, Heubach brothers AG
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