Carl Robert Tielsch (1815–1882) was a German
merchant
A merchant is a person who trades in goods produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries. Merchants have been known for as long as humans have engaged in trade and commerce. Merchants and merchant networks operated i ...
who founded the
Carl Tielsch & Co. Porcelain
Porcelain (), also called china, is a ceramic material made by heating Industrial mineral, raw materials, generally including kaolinite, in a kiln to temperatures between . The greater strength and translucence of porcelain, relative to oth ...
Manufactury in Altwasser, Lower Silesia, Prussia.
Carl Tielsch & Co.
In 1845, encouraged by
Carl Krister's results as a porcelain entrepreneur, Tielsch founded in 1845 in the locality of
Altwasser (today
Stary Zdrój
Stary Zdrój () is a district of the city of Wałbrzych in southwestern Poland.
Formerly a spa town, it is located 43 m. by rail S.W. from Wrocław, and 3 m. N. from centre of Wałbrzych. It has factories for glass, porcelain ( Fabryka Porcelany ...
, a district of Waldenburg / now
Wałbrzych
Wałbrzych (; ; or ''Walmbrich''; or ) is a city located in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southwestern Poland, seat of Wałbrzych County. Wałbrzych lies approximately southwest of the voivodeship capital Wrocław and about from the Czec ...
) founded, together with his partner
Gideon von Wallenberg (a banker from Breslau / now
Wrocław
Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...
), the porcelain factory
Carl Tielsch & Co. Its porcelain became sought after in Germany and abroad and it is identified by its label mark on the bottom CT ALTWASSER and formally known as "Tielsch Porzellan-Manufaktur".
In 1861, Tielsch was awarded the title of the Prussian Royal Trade Counsellor in acknowledgment of his contribution to the
Silesia
Silesia (see names #Etymology, below) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Silesia, Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately , and the population is estimated at 8, ...
n industry.
His son Egmont Tielsch became his successor.
The Tielsch factory is producing to the present day Poland and is now called "Fabryka Porcelany Wałbrzych S.A." and marked "P.T. Tielsch Walbrzych".
External links
PM&M a short story of the Porcelain Manufactury.
1815 births
1882 deaths
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