Bareuther - Bavaria - Dinner set for 12 (41) - Porcelain

Fine porcelain dinner service for 12 people, produced in Germany by Bareuther at the end of the twentieth century.

Each piece of the service is decorated on the rim with relief stripes and, along the edge, with a delicate gold outline.

Factory mark in green on the reverse, covered by a Bavaria sticker.

The service is complete for 12 people and consists of:
12 flat plates
12 soup plates
12 appetizers or dessert plates
1 soup tureen
1 salad bowl
1 round tray
1 oval tray
1 raviera

The service is in excellent condition.

The Bareuther porcelain factory was founded in Waldsassen in 1866 by Johann Mathäus Riess, who had gained experience at the C.M. Hutschenreuther factory. He died a year later and the business was taken over by his son Johann Riess. The new owner started porcelain production in 1875.
The factory encountered financial difficulties and in 1884 was sold to Wilhelm Schreider. It was sold again already in 1885. This time the new owners were Max Jena, Ernst Ploß and Oskar Bareuther. The new name of the company was Porzellanfabrik Jena, Bareuther & Co. When Max Jena left the business in 1887, it was renamed once more and, until 1904, operated under the name Porzellanfabrik Bareuther & Co.
At the beginning of the century, the factory earned an excellent reputation. In 1904 it was converted into a joint-stock company. By 1930 it employed about 700 workers. Unfortunately, it was almost completely destroyed during World War II. Nevertheless, it took on many of the employees of the Porzellanfabrik Königszelt A.G., forced to leave Silesia after the region was proclaimed Polish territory. In 1949 the factory fully resumed operations. In 1969 it merged with Gareis, Kühnl & Cie. and continued production as Porzellanfabrik Waldsassen Bareuther & Co. A.G. Like most German porcelain producers, in the 1980s and 1990s the factory had to compete with low-cost foreign production. In 1994 it went bankrupt.