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