Schwarzenhammer - Coffee and tea service (27) - Ceramic

Coffeepot set consisting of:
1 coffee maker (pot) height 21.5 x diameter 13.5 cm
1 sugar bowl height 10.5 x 11.3 x 10 cm
1 milk jug height 10.7 x diameter 8 cm
12 coffee cups height 3.7 x diameter 8 cm
12 saucers diameter 11.8 cm
Rare ceramic glazed cream-colored collection set with stylized floral profiles and decorations, thin lines in sepia and silver. They feature dark glossy handles and matching lids with a small knob. They are supported by three shaped feet. The objects have an antique design, early 20th century. Mark under the base: Schwarzenhammer Bavaria. Good condition, with slight wear to the glaze on the objects. The shield-shaped mark with vertical stripes, unfilled stars and the single crown used around 1923–1945, “Schwarzenhammer” above “Bavaria.” This factory was founded in 1905 by Christoph Schumann, brother of Carl Schumann I (see Porzellanfabrik Carl Schumann) and his father-in-law Karl August Schreider, a wealthy landowner. By 1913 it already had 150 employees and specialized in everyday-use items, including many porcelain items with reticulated decoration in the Zwiebelmuster (“Blue Onion”) and Strohblume (“Strawflower”) styles. The company slowly expanded to about 400 employees by 1937. Nothing else is known about this company, which failed in 1984 and, after its closure in 1986, left behind an industrial ruin with many contaminated sites that had to be cleaned up by regional authorities with state funding between 1998 and 2005.