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Zschopenthal Blue Colour Works
The Zschopenthal Blue Colour Works (german: Blaufarbenwerk Zschopenthal) was a paintworks in the Ore Mountains that manufactured blue glass paste. It is located in the village of Waldkirchen, Saxony, Zschopenthal in the parish of Grünhainichen in the German state of Saxony. History The paintworks at Zschopenthal had originally been founded in Annaberg-Buchholz, Annaberg. Difficulties in obtaining firewood motivated the co-owner, ''Bergrat'' Caspar Sigismund von Berbisdorf, in 1684 to move it to Zschopenthal. Von Berbisdorf already owned an iron tilt hammer, hammer mill and the necessary real estate in Zschopenthal. In 1689 a metal hammer mill is recorded, that manufactured stove tops. In 1692, this mill moved to Neunzehnhain. In 1687 the works began manufacturing blue cobalt colour paste, used for painting porcelain and ceramic. According to tradition this was exported by von Berbisdorf to Delft and Venice. The paintworks had its own jurisdiction and also its own school. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blaufarbenwerk Zschopenthal, Gedenktafel
A blue colour works (german: Blaufarbenwerke) is a paintworks where blue pigment for use in glassmaking is produced. Usually the pigment, cobalt blue, needed for this purpose, was manufactured from cobalt-containing ore as in the case of the factories listed below. Blue colour works * Saxony ** Oberschlema Blue Colour Works (''Blaufarbenwerk Oberschlema'') (founded 1644) in Bad Schlema, Oberschlema, according to some sources this was the largest blue colour works in the world ** Schneeberg Blue Colour Works (''Blaufarbenwerk Schneeberg'') (1568 to around 1580) in Schneeberg (Ore Mountains), Schneeberg, the first small blue colour works in Saxony ** Unterjugel Blue Colour Works (''Blaufarbenwerk Unterjugel''), 17th century, in Unterjugel ** Niederpfannenstiel Blue Colour Works (''Blaufarbenwerk Niederpfannenstiel'') (founded 1635) in Niederpfannenstiel ** Schindler's Blue Colour Works (''Schindlersches Blaufarbenwerk'') (founded 1649) in Albernau, Schindlerswerk ** Oehmesches Blue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
