A good Porzellanfabrik Carl Schneiders ceramic Coach & Horses Figure C.20thC

A good Porzellanfabrik Carl Schneiders Erben Grafenthal ceramic Figure modelled as a Coach & Horses with a driver blowing a bugle bearing makers marks and numbers. in two places – mark underneath as image and on the side pressed mark: Germany – 2150. Great Figurine for a Public House named the Coach & Horses.

Circa 20thC

Good Condition – one of the horses ears with possible tiny fault, probably from manufacture and only visible with a lens but please see images

10.5 inches (27cm) width X 5.25 inches (14cm) depth X 8.75 inches (22.5cm) height approx

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Porzellanfabrik Carl Schneiders Erben (1886 until 1951) Together with the rest of the family, Paul Schneider decided to name his business Carl Schneiders Erben in honor of his father and also introduced the crowned and dated version of the company hallmark. During the year 1889, Dr. Wilhelm Wedel joined the company as technical advisor and his degree in chemistry helped to even more improve the mixtures used for the glazing and decorations. Both Schneider and Wedel spent many long hours in the factory and became friends, but Wedel did not take advantage of his position and rather preferred to save up his money and join as a partner in 1899. Over the next few years the company remained successful, but orders were slowly declining as customer preferences changed and by 1910 it was clear that the constant neglect as to investments regarding modernization was slowly claiming its price. When Paul Schneider died in December 1912, the company had a workforce of 240 people and Wilhelm Wedel continued business alone but already had to lay off his first ten workers in 1913. Wedel desperately tried everything possible to save the business and over the next years he managed to restructure parts of the factory and thus optimize work flow. In 1930 a mere 120 people still worked at the factory, but the strain he had put upon himself was too much and Wedel died before the war broke out.