Cup Art Nouveau "Pensée", ROSENTHAL
Data sheet
- Style
- Art Nouveau
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Material
- Porcelain with blue and golden staffage.
- Type
- Model Pensée. Best quality.
- Year of Production
- 1901-1907
- Signed
- Green mark R. und C. (Philipp Rosenthal & Co, Kronach between 1901 - 1907)
- Size
- Cup H 8 cm, Saucer D 15 cm
Rosenthal was founded in 1879 by Philipp Rosenthal. He moved with his manufactory from Werl (North Rhine-Westphalia) to Selb in Bavaria and founded in 1897 the company Bauer, Rosenthal & Co. in Kronach. In 1934, Philipp Rosenthal had to withdraw from the enterprise because of its Jewish descent. He died in 1937.
In the 1950s, Rosenthal developed state-of-the-art product design in collaboration with industrial designers. The result was a series of products that are considered classics today. As of 1997, Rosenthal AG was 90% owned by the British-Irish Waterford Wedgwood Group, which collapsed in 2009, after which Rosenthal had to file for bankruptcy. Since 1 August 2009 Rosenthal GmbH, which is still based in Selb, is an independent company of the Italian household goods manufacturer Sambonet Paderno.
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