Collectible Large Antique Art Deco 1930s porcelain dinner serving plate from C. Tielsch Altwasser Germany / 34 cm.
Carl Tielsch founded the Altwasser factory in 1845. It swiftly became second largest porcelain factory in Silesia. After twenty years the factory employeed 1,400 employees. Products of the Tielsch factory quickly became known for its high quality and artistic values. Their quality was compared to porcelain manufactures from Berlin or even Meissen. During 1932 Tielsch merged with Hutschenreuther and the factory in Altwasser became a division of the C.M. Hutschenreuther company, still keeping its workforce at a constant number of 1,200 employees. Everything went well for the next few years, but on May 8th 1945 the town of Waldenburg was occupied by Russian troops and was put under Polish government. Parts of the facility were dismantled by order of the Russians but then the facility continued to produce again with the help of a few remaining German workers. Now under Polish supervision and run by Jan Kachniewicz, they used one of the last Tielsch marks with the addition ‘Made In Poland’ until 1952 when the facility was completely nationalized. They also used a mark showing ‘Tielsch Walbrzych’ which confuses some people, but one should hold in mind that the town of Altwasser had been merged into the town of Waldenburg back in 1920.
- Plate measurements – 34 x 25 cm
- Era – 1930s Art Deco period
- Manufacturer – C. Tielsch Altwasser Germany
- Made in Atlwasser, Germany ( Now Stary Zdrój in Poland )
- Condition – great / signs of age / use appear /scratches on the golden trim / see images.
