Bayreuth

Object description

Johann Caspar Ripp grundade fabriken 1713-1714, men inte dokumenterat aktiv förrän 1719. Ursprungligen fajansfabrik som före 1726 också tillverkade stengods av Böttgers typ. Porslinstillverkningen med guld-och silverdekor troligen påbörjades 1750 och nådde stor omfattnig 1779-1788, därefter obetydlig fabrikation.

Object description

Bayreuth 1714-1835.

A large number of Bayreuth pieces are well marked and usually included the factory and owner¿s initials and sometimes the artist¿s initial as well. The "B" in the mark obviously stands for Bayreuth. The second initial stands for the owner: "B.K."= Johann Georg Knoeller 1714-1744, "B.F.S."= Adolf Fraenkel and Johann Veit Schreck 1745-1747, "B.P.F."= Johann Georg Pfiffer and Fraenkel¿s widow 1747-1760, "B.P."= Georg Pfiffer 1761-1767 and Pfiffer¿s heirs 1767-1788.

Artists: 1714-1717 Johann Kaspar Rib

1731-1748 Johann Clarner

1737-1744 Joseph Philipp Dannhoeffer

1740 Johann Christoph Jucht

1767-1788 Johann Martin Anton Oswald

1731 Georg Friedrich Grebner (HM)

1769 Johann Georg Fliegel (HM)

Some marks: "B.K./C." = "Bayreuth. Knoeller./Clarner.", "O" in black, "W", "WT", "IVF", "OS:"