Vintage Sitzendorf Germany Dresden Style Lamp Colonial Woman Fine Porcelain

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Vintage Sitzendorf Germany Dresden Style Lamp Colonial Woman Fine Porcelain:
$18.00

Beautiful piece ofSitzendorf Procelain from the German Manufactory, which they call Dresden Style. Pretty Colonial Style women with her Pretty pinkish, blueish purpleish Dress. Lamp stands 12\" up to socket, the woman herself is 7 1/2\" tall.Lamp is in excellent condition, there is one little spot onher dress which may be a manufacturing flaw, looks worse in the picture. Has a nice new cord and works fine. Marked on bottom as shownin pictures. Below is some history of the Sitzendorf Porcelain Manufactory which goes way back to Sitzendorf, Thuingia, Germany.

The history of the town and people of Sitzendorf Germany goes back a long way and the history of Sitzendorf porcelain is just as long. A theology student called Georg Heinrich Macheleidt received permission from the regional prince in Germany to set up a porcelain manufacturing company in the small town of Sitzendorf.

In 1760, the first porcelain factory was established. It was moved to Volkstedt in 1762. The actual manufacturer of figurines began in the town of Sitzendorf in 1884 though the factory began working with porcelain in 1850. By 1809, the company had a second factory and had introduced steam power that helped them employ a total of 300 employees in two factories in a town with a population of 700. The factory remains in operation into the present day.

Sitzendorf porcelain is identified and valued by its year of manufacture. The year and the stamping on the porcelain indicate under which of the owner managers the piece was produced. Everything from the Macheleidt period would obviously be the most valuable (determined of course by condition).

There are several distinct periods in the management history of the factory. The porcelain manufacture was reestablished in Sitzendorf in 1850 by Wilhelm Liebmann who held control over the establishment until a fire in 1858 gutted the factory building and led him to retire. The factory was rebuilt and reopened under the Voigt brothers management.

Alfred and Carl ran things until 1896 when Albert Schonau ran the company as a public corporation with stock valued at a million German marks. This lasted until 1932 when the factory nearly collapsed under the weight of socioeconomic depression. Porcelain bearing indications of manufacture before 1932 are most prized by collectors.

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