Rosenthal Germany-Studio-line Wirkkala-1960s-White Dinnerware Set 12 Places-89 P

ROZENTHAL WHITE DINNERWARE SET FOR 12. Very elegant full set in excellent condition. No chips, no cracks, not many utensils marks. Most of the time displayed. 12 dinner plates 10 diameter.

12 soup bowls 9 diameter. 12 salad plates 7 3/4 diameter. 11 desserts plates 6 diameter.

10 berry bowls 5 diameter. 12 cups 3 diameter x 2 tall. 11 saucers 5 1/4 diameter. 1 round covered serving bowls w/ handles 8 diameter x 3 tall.

1 round serving bowl 8 x 3. 1 gravy bowl with saucer.

1 sugar bowl with lid. 1 coffee pot with lid. 1 oval serving platter 13 x 9.5. 1 oval serving platter 15 x 11. 1 oval serving platter 9.5 x 5.5.

Please view all included pictures as a part of description. Thank you for looking and please view my other listed items. Rosenthal was founded in 1879 as a family business. The company founder, Philipp Rosenthal, moved his porcelain painting from Werl (North Rhine-Westphalia) to Selb in Bavaria, where he industrialized in the castle Erkersreuth with his painting workshop.

In 1897, Philipp Rosenthal founded the company Bauer, Rosenthal & Co. In Kronach and Philipp Rosenthal & Co. In 1921 the company took over the Krister Porzellanmanufaktur in Wabrzych (Silesia). The factory was closed in 1945, but the brand was revived in 1951 and used until 1971. In the period of national socialism, Philipp Rosenthal, while Catholic, had to withdraw from the enterprise in 1934 because of his Jewish origin.

The Board of Management and the Supervisory Board turned against Rosenthal and implemented various measures to prevent Philipp Rosenthal from using his voting shares in order to change the composition of the Management Board and the Supervisory Board. [2] However, the Nazi regime did not go directly against Philipp Rosenthal in order not to jeopardize the foreign business of the company.

The reasonably covertly concealed Aryans took advantage of the family, and urged Rosenthal's successor to step out of the company. Philipp Rosenthal's death in 1937 finally paved the way for his grandchildren. In 1936, Rosenthal bought the porcelain manufacturers Waldershof and Thomas in Weidenberg-Sophienthal. Rosenthal Isolatoren GmbH (RIG) was established in 1939 with branches in Erkersreuth (Selb) and Hennigsdorf near Berlin.

In 1939 the company changed to Rosenthal Porzellan AG. When the Decree on Companies of Deprived Commercial Enterprises RGBI 1941, p. 177, adopted on March 27, 1941, forced the discontinuation of the Jewish company and brand name Rosenthal, the "Aryan" management intervened through Joseph Goebbels to continue the use of the Rosenthal brand name. With the return of Philipp Rosenthal's son Philip Rosenthal from exile and his entry into the enterprise in 1950, he won a pioneering role in the modern product design.

In 1960, the Rosenthal Studiohaus was opened in Nuremberg, from which the world's first design chain was built. [4] In 1965 the uniform name Rosenthal Glas & Porzellan AG was elected and shortened to Rosenthal AG in 1969. In 1972, Philip Rosenthal founded the furniture factory Rosenthal Einrichtung in Espelkamp. The furniture factory was renamed in 2009 Philip Möbelmanufaktur GmbH and in 2013 rebranded the Fröscher GmbH & CO.

Rosenthal, In collaboration with industrial designers such as Raymond Loewy, Tapio Wirkkala, Elsa Fischer-Treyden, Timo Sarpaneva, Verner Panton and Luigi Colani, created an impressive series of products. [5] Walter Gropius design for Rosenthal the tea service TAC. In 1967, Rosenthal built the so-called "Glassmaker's Cathedral, " a factory for the Thomas-Glassworks in Amberg.

The Thomas-Glassworks was renamed the Amberg crystal glass factory. In 1997, Rosenthal AG was 90% owned by the British-Irish Waterford Wedgwood Group. Rosenthal was the market leader for high-quality porcelain and glassware in Germany and was the world market leader in conjunction with Waterford Wedgwood.

In the year 2000, the company took over the Hutschenreuther brand and Hutschenreuther-Werk B in Selb. In June 2008, the Waterford Wedgwood Group wanted to divest the Rosenthal share package due to liquidity difficulties. At this time, around 1,100 employees were employed worldwide.

The company, faced with insolvency by the subsequent collapse of Waterford Wedgwood, filed for insolvency on 9 January 2009. The subsequent insolvency proceedings of Rosenthal AG were opened on 1 April 2009 by the District Court. [7] On 20 July 2009 the sale was announced to the Italian household producer Sambonet Paderno.

[8] Founded on 1 August 2009, Rosenthal. The item "Rosenthal Germany-Studio-line Wirkkala-1960s-White Dinnerware Set 12 Places-89 P" is in sale since Saturday, August 15, 2020. This item is in the category "Pottery & Glass\Pottery & China\China & Dinnerware\Rosenthal". The seller is "flawonid*97" and is located in Abilene, Texas. This item can be shipped to United States.

Brand: Rosenthal Germany
Model: Pattern #2012
Weight: 57.0000
Object Type: Dinner Set
Style: Art Deco
Original/Reproduction: Vintage Original
MPN: Does Not Apply
Color: White