BEAUTIFUL RUDOLF DITMAR, AUSTRIAN MAJOLICA PLATE 1890

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BEAUTIFUL RUDOLF DITMAR, AUSTRIAN MAJOLICA PLATE 1890:
$179.90

Austrian pottery with a white parrot and flower enamel.

Diameter : 32,3 cm.

Condition : GOOD.

Historic :
R.D.Z.) Rudolf Ditmar / Rudolf Ditmar Erben
Vienna, and Znaim in Moravia, Austro-Hungarian Empire. Now called Znojmo, Czech Republic.
Kunstthonwaaren-Fabrik / Manufacture of artpottery waresKarl Rudolf Ditmar: born 3rd May 1818, in Preslau in the state of Brandenburg, died 22nd March, 1895, Znaim, Moravia.
Rudolf and his brother Friedrich relocated to Vienna in 1839, where they traded in oil lamps. On the 5th August 1841, as the Ditmar Brothers, they opened their own metalwork facility manufacturing oil lamps. In the 1850\'s Rudolf developed the \"Viennese Moderateur Lampe\", an adjustable oil supply mechanism, which came to dominate world markets. Due to changes in fashion, lamp bodies changed to ceramic from metal due to the infinite number of design possibilities available. Therefore, in 1879,Rudolf open an art pottery factory in Znaim, originally manufacturing lamp bodies in earthenware, however some porcelain has also been seen. Around 1890 they also started producing a range of steins. Rudolf diedin 1895. In 1910, the company now called Rudolf Ditmar Erben (heirs)was purchased by the K.u. K. priviligierte Wilhelmsburger Steingut- undPorzellanfabrik and merged with the Brothers Urbach of Teplitz-Turn,(now Teplice-Trnovony, Czech Republic). In 1913,the companies were purchased by Triptis A.G, (The same company that purchased Wicke-Werke in the 1920\'s). However the Ditmar factory again became independent, whenthe factory was confiscated bythe newly founded state ofCzechoslovakiain 1919 and operatedas Ditmar-Urbach, underits previous owner,Richard Lichtenstern.In turn it was again confiscated by theAustrian Government, as part of the Anschlussin 1938, to become Ostmark-Ceramics A.G.and subsequently nationalised in 1945. In 1947 Richard\'s son Kurt, who had emigrated to the U.S. and changed his name to Conrad H. Lester, took back the company and changed its name to ÖSPAG (Österreichische Sanitär-, Keramik- und Porzellan-Industrie AG). This was eventually taken over in 1967 bythe Keramik Holding Laufen, which is now part of the ROCA group. Gebrüder Hornhas also ended up in this grouping. (source :
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