Ludwig Wessel ROYAL Bonn VASE 1880 later MEHLEM V&B Godesburg Alter Zoll Rhein

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Histo ry : Poppelsdorfer Fayence, Ludwig Wessel, Franz Anton Mehlem from 1920 Villeroy & Boch, Bonn Germany Ludwig Wessel Bonn 19th century (ca 1880) VASE Godesburg Alter Zoll Rhein (#1) H: 150mm = 5,9 inchesØ: 80mm = 3,15 inches Under glaze, used between 1875 and 1900 (rare use until 1910). 'RHEIN' was the series. Decor: "Rhein" Blue painting vine 2 pictures " Godesburg" & "Alter Zoll" marked: Volutenmonogramm mit LW, darüber Krone und Rhein (gestempelt) embossing No:1266 small chips Kurfürstliche Fayencerie Poppelsdorf (Poppelsdorf Faience Fabrique) (1755 until 1829) The history of the Wessel company starts as the owner of the 'Poppelsdorf Faience Fabrique' named Johann Mathias Rosenkranz had to confess before a notary in Bonn, stating he had accepted the amount of 8490 Reichsthaler enabling him to continue his business. The 'generous' businessman who had helped out was no other than the Bonn resident Ludwig Wessel . The problems persisted and Rosenkranz was forced to sign a three year leasing contract with Ludwig Wessel and his business partner Johann Wilhelm Bruckmann from Deutz near Cologne. During the three years of the contract, Rosenkranz tried to sell the factory a few times but to no avail. Rosenkranz died on July 9th 1828 at the age of 62. The factory was then taken over by the son-in-laws of Rosenkranz and later taken over by the main creditor who led the factory with the Mehlem brothers, finally resulting in the company of Steingutfabrik Franz Anton Mehlem . History 1755 by Elector Clemens August in the Cat Castle, a small moated castle south of Poppelsdorfer town center near the Poppelsdorf Palace, the Poppelsdorfer Faience Fabrique founded. [1] The goal was the production of porcelain, as produced in Europe only since 1709th This did not succeed, so that the production was limited for the time being on gray stoneware and earthenware. [2] In 1823 the manufacture of Ludwig Wessel taken and was known as "porcelain and earthenware factory Ludwig Wessel". The earthenware factory and art pottery Franz Anton Mehlem (later Villeroy & Boch) was at that time on that site, but later moved to the banks of the Rhine. [3] Together with the other ceramic factories belonged Wessels Company mid 19th Century, the main driving forces of industrialization and major employers in and around Bonn (Poppelsdorf was still an independent municipality). The first steam engine was installed the 1830th 1889 a rail link from the campus was built to Bonner freight yard and put into operation in 1890, the railway Wessel. Discovered in 1880 at Witterschlick Cyanotype deposits were an important raw material for production Wessels and could be accessed via the web Voreifel. [4] Later in the century, the Company transferred the name of "M for porcelain and earthenware factory Ludwig Wessel". Around the turn of the century it was represented at international exhibitions and had sales offices overseas. [3] In 1896, a "Wessels Wandplattenfabrik AG, Bonn" spun and settled in Dransdorf, in 1914 it was no longer connected to the parent company. It was closed the 1982nd [4] The porcelain factory itself suffered greatly from the Great Depression in the 1920s and a fire on the 5th February 1926, which destroyed the premises almost completely. Then the sanitary ware manufacturer Friedrich Butzke took over the company from Berlin. [5] During World War II, there was no significant damage, then renamed the Work under "Ceramic Wessel AG". After strong sales decline and employee layoffs in the 1960s, the factory was established on 31 Closed in December 1969. The plant site was purchased by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and used only in 1977 after the demolition of the factory buildings were made for building the University of Bonn. [4] read more

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