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Ernst Heubach
Ernst Heubach was a company in Köppelsdorf, Thuringia, Germany, that manufactured porcelain-headed bisque dolls from 1885 onwards Location Köppelsdorf is a part of Sonneberg, in the Landkreis Sonneberg, in Thuringia due north of Nuremberg. For fifty years the wooded countryside formed the border between the two Germanys, Sonneberg lying in the GDR. Sonneberg was the centre of the German toy-making industry; it is the home of the , many doll manufacturers and PIKO model railways. History ''Gebrüder Heubach of Licht and Sonneberg was a separate firm.'' The Ernst Heubach porcelain works opened in 1858 with 50 employees. It traded as ''Ernst Heubach, Köppelsdorf'' until 1893, when it became ''Ernst Heubach, Köppelsdorfer Porzellanfabrik''. Later the firm would manufacture porcelaine for the electrical industry. In 1915, the founders sons, Ernst and Hans joined the firm, then Hans was killed in the Great War. Beatrice Marseille married Ernst Heubach II. There was thus a fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guildhall Museum Collection 1-16 Bisque With Composition
A guildhall, also known as a "guild hall" or "guild house", is a historical building originally used for guild, tax collecting by municipalities or merchants in Great Britain and the Low Countries. These buildings commonly become town halls and in some cases museums while retaining their original names. Guildhalls as town hall in the United Kingdom In the United Kingdom, a guildhall is usually a town hall: in the vast majority of cases, the guildhalls have never served as the meeting place of any specific guild. A suggested etymology is from the Anglo Saxon "''gild'', or "payment"; the guildhall being where citizens came to pay their rates. The London Guildhall was established around 1120. For the Scottish municipal equivalent see tolbooth. List of guildhalls in the United Kingdom *Andover Guildhall *Guildhall, Barnstaple, Barnstaple Guildhall *Guildhall, Bath, Bath Guildhall *Beverley Guildhall *Bewdley Guildhall *Blakeney Guildhall *Boston Guildhall *Brecon Guildhall *Bristol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
