Europe 1781–88 Fulda Pottery and Porcelain Manufactory The circumstances around the founding of the porcelain factory at Fulda conform to the pattern established in earlier decades at other German factories. The production of porcelain was preceded by the production of faience, although in the case of Fulda, there was an interval of four years between the closure of the faience operation and the beginning of porcelain production; both the faience and porcelain enterprises were dependent on the expertise of workers from other factories; the factory was both established and then supported by an

Europe 1781–88 Fulda Pottery and Porcelain Manufactory The circumstances around the founding of the porcelain factory at Fulda conform to the pattern established in earlier decades at other German factories. The production of porcelain was preceded by the production of faience, although in the case of Fulda, there was an interval of four years between the closure of the faience operation and the beginning of porcelain production; both the faience and porcelain enterprises were dependent on the expertise of workers from other factories; the factory was both established and then supported by an aristocratic patron; and lastly, the factory was not able to survive beyond the death of its Fulda porcelain enterprise was founded in 1764 by Prince- Bishop Heinrich von Bibra (1711–1788), and it took over the buildings formerly occupied by a faience factory that had failed due to the death of its founder, Prince- Bishop Amand von Buseck (1737–1756), as well as to the vicissitudes of the Seven Years’ War (1756–63).[1] It is not clear if von Bibra’s motivation in founding the porcelain factory derived from a particular passion for the medium itself or from the prospects of the economic gain to be derived from the successful production of porcelain.[2] Nikolaus Paul (German, active at Fulda 1764–66), a worker from the Höchst factory, is credited with providing the technical mastery for the new enterprise that was soon producing both figures and wares of considerable technical and artistic accomplishment.[3]The master modeler at Fulda was Wenzel Neu (Bohemian, 1707–1774), who had previously worked at the faience factory at Fulda and then worked at Kloster-Veilsdorf, where he served initially as the sole master modeler.[4] He returned to Fulda to work in the new porcelain enterprise and remained there until his death. Neu was assisted at Fulda by other modelers, including Georg Ludwig Bartholome (German?, active at Fulda ca. 1770–88), Valentin Schaum

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