We are very pleased to present this gorgeous pair of 1920s German serving plates, including a large C. Tielsch 12 x 11 x 2.25 inch deep handled cake plate, and a C.A. Lehmann & Sons wonderful 9.75 x 9.25 x 1.25 inch olive serving tray. The florals are brilliant, plus the molds of the porcelain is outstanding, and both carry proper marks dating to the 1920s. Their condition is excellent, and the pair weigh 2# 10 oz. xxxxxxxxxxxx. By the 1880s and well into the 20th century, C. Tielsch was successful, with three lines produced, one for Hotel use, one for general household use, and one with special decorative motifs, as a luxury goods line. After Carl Tielsch’s passing in 1882, Edgmont Tielsch took over the firm. Virtually all of the fine C. Tielsch portrait plates fall into this high end category. To meet the additional demand for decorative porcelain, on January 1 in 1906, Egmont Tielsch opened the new pottery at Altwasser. Shortly thereafter, Egmont was granted a Peerage, and His new title and name of Ritter und Kommerzienrat Egmont von Tielsch gave the firm another boost in sales and in 1913 the company reached its peak employee count with 1,500 workers including 270 potters and 110 decorators. Shortly before the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, the product catalog showed an incredible 1,637 separate porcelain pieces! The company managed to get through the years of war very well until 1917, but then the town officials ruled that Tielsch should reduce his capacity to 60 percent to preserve resources and should also think about changing the firm into a corporation, something Egmont had been thinking about anyway.After the change in company status, well-known individuals with money became shareholders of the corporation, including Hugo Auvera, himself one of the directors from the company of C.M. Hutschenreuther in Hohenberg (Bavaria). C Tielsch prospered until the stock market crash in 1929 when nearly all customers were unable to pay for their orders, and it was in that same year that Egmont von Tielsch passed, with his seat in the supervisory board taken over by his son Herbert von Tielsch.During 1932 Tielsch merged with Hutschenreuther (another decision influenced by Hugo Auvera) 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 was maintained until May 8th 1945, when the town of Waldenburg was occupied by Russian troops and was placed under the control of the Polish government. The Tielsch family fled, losing their castle 'Reußendorf'; the 'C.M. Hutschenreuther A.G.' lost the complete facility in Altwasser and was forced to expand the Porzellanfabrik C.M. Hutschenreuther A.G., Niederlassung Arzberg factory to compensate for the loss in production capacity. The Arzberg factory continued to use the mark which included the initials 'C.T.' with the eagle for a short time. xxxxxxxxxxxx.The small, but highly respected factory of C.A. Lehmann Sohn was founded as a porcelain decorating shop by Carl August Lehmann and Paul Zierold in 1885. After a decade of success, the firm expanded in 1895, producing fine porcelain specifically for export. The C.A. Lehmann & Sons White Ware mark in green over glaze, features a castle turret with an arched LEUCHTENBURG top and Germany at the bottom. This mark was used by the company as early as 1905 and at least as late as 1935 (depending upon the source consulted). The only other known company mark of the period is the printed script THIRANDA inside a sculpted oval border. In 1935, C.A. Lehmann merged with the Franz Bauer Porcelain Manufactory (1927 - 1935) becoming Bauer & Lehmann. The Bauer decorating shop allowed for an expansion of the decorative porcelain production into fine coffee & tea sets, as well as larger household porcelain, along with their exceptional dinner ware. The Bauer & Lehmann partnership lasted until 1965, when most researchers close the book on this firm. However, in 1965, the August Frank Porcelain Manufactory (founded in 1894) joined Bauer & Lehmann renaming the combine the Kahla Porcelain Manufactory, until it was partially nationalized in 1972. The resulting VEB Porcelain Combine survived until operations ceased in 1990.

Excellent condition - minor wear