Wallerfangen refined white earthenware in CERAMICA CH
Andreas Heege 2019
The principal places of production: Sarreguemines (Saargemünd), Wallerfangen and Mettlach (after Brandl 1993, 22 modified).
Key dates in the Wallerfangen company history:
1785 A faience manufactory is established in Frauenberg, which may have produced painted and unpainted refined white earthenware. Objects that have survived: faience
1791 The refined white earthenware manufactory moves from Frauenberg near Sarreguemines (Saargemünd) to Wallerfangen
1815 The first black overglaze transfer-printed decoration is produced
1825s Transfer-printed decorations are added to the everyday production range
1825 Temporary production of marbled “agate ware”
1828/1829 Experiments with lustre glaze
1836 Merger with Boch-Buschmann in Mettlach
1839 Production of “black basaltes”
1830s: Tan-coloured “cane-ware” with brown and black printed decoration
1836 Monochrome printed decoration with overglaze painting (typical of the second half of the 19th century)
1843 Introduction of feldspathic “opaque porcelain”
1852 Production of bone china commences
1876 Introduction of the typical mercury mark (stamped mark)
1919-1931 The words “Saar-Basin” are added to the company mark after French troops occupied the Saarland in 1919 and the region is placed under French governance by the League of Nations in 1920
1931 The factory closes down and the company buildings are demolished
Translation Sandy Haemmerle
References:
Adler 1991
Beatrix Adler, 200 Jahre Keramiktradition Vaudrevange/Wallerfangen 1791-1991, Mettlach 1991.
Adler 1995
Beatrix Adler, Wallerfanger Steingut. Geschichte und Erzeugnisse der Manufaktur Villeroy Vaudrevange (1791-1836) bzw. der Steingutfabrik Villeroy & Boch Wallerfangen (1836-1931), Saarbrücken 1995.
Brandl 1993
Andrea Brandl, Aschacher Steingut. Die Steingutfabrik (1829-1861) des Schweinfurter Industriellen Wilhelm Sattler (Schweinfurter Museumsschriften 55), Schweinfurt 1993.
Desens 1998
Rainer Desens, Villeroy & Boch. Ein Vierteljahrtausend europäische Industriegeschichte 1748-1998, Mettlach 1998.
