| In 1814 Carolus Magnus Hutschenreuther | | | | manufacture porcelain today. |
| founded one of the first private porcelain | | | | |
| factories in Hohenberg, Germany. His son, | | | | The Hutschenreuther factories have produced |
| Lorenze Hutschenreuther, opened another | | | | dinner services, figurines, gift accessories |
| porcelain factory in 1857 in another German | | | | and crystal items. One of a long line of |
| city, Selb. (Selb would eventually become a | | | | German porcelain manufacturers at the |
| center for porcelain manufacturing in Germany | | | | original Hutschenreuther Porcelain Factory |
| much like Limoges in France and Staffordshire | | | | which started in Hohenberg, Bavaria in 1814. |
| in England.) The two Hutschenreuther | | | | The C. Tielsch Co. located in what had become |
| companies were owned separately by father and | | | | Silesia, Germany, used the blue underglaze |
| son, and were completely independent of one | | | | mark beginning around 1875 and continuing |
| another. | | | | into the early 1900's. The Tielsch plates are |
| | | | outstanding for their bright contrasting |
| In fact, they competed against one another in | | | | colors and gold in the decoration. Click on |
| the business of producing fine porcelain | | | | link to see a page of Tielsch examples. |
| until 1969 when a merger of the two companies | | | | Hutschenreuther's products are available |
| took place. The resulting company was named | | | | here. |
| Hutschenreuther A.G., which continues to | | | | |