Antique HUTSCHENREUTHER Selb Porcelain White Kittens Figurine Germany

  

An exquisite Hutschenreuther-Selb porcelain that is over 100 years old. The stamps on the bottom show the names of Lorenz Hutschentreuther and the Hutschenreuther A. It is marked on the bottom Department of Art per the description - Abteilung fur Kunst. A #3 is located on the inside lip of the underside base.

Hutschenreuther is the name of a German family that established the production of porcelain in northern Bavaria, starting in 1814. He had previously worked at the Wallendorf porcelain manufactory in Lichte Wallendorf.

After his death in 1845, the factory was headed by his widow, Johanna Hutschenreuther, and her two sons. A large part of the factory was destroyed by a firedestroyed by a fire in 1848, but it was rebuilt. From 1860, they produced hand-painted and gilded porcelain products. In 1857, Lorenz Hutschenreuther, the elder son of Carolus Magnus Hutschenreuther, established a porcelain factory in Self.

They expanded from 1902 to 1969 and were named Porzellanfabriken Lorenz Hutschenreuthre AG Selb Lorenz Hutschenreuther Porcelain Factories Company, Selb.