{"product_id":"iridescent-hutschenreuther-long-neck-vase","title":"RENÉE NEUE IRIDESCENT LONG NECK VASE FOR HUTSCHENREUTHER","description":"\u003cp\u003eA gorgeous 1970s long neck vase with a very rare iridescent burnt orange glaze variation by designer Renée Neue for \u003cspan\u003eHutschenreuther\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Porcelain.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRENÉE NEUE\u003c\/strong\u003e served as head of the art department for Hutschenreuther in the 1970s, where he perfected the art of mixing bright, crisp colors with deep earth tones in a series of statement vases, wall plates, and dinnerware that he designed for the company during his tenure.  Neue designed a variety of shapes for Hutschenreuther that all featured a splashy display of color.  All of Neue's designs are quite distinct, and unlike anything else Hutschenreuther, who for the most part produced pieces in white or with a subtle decor on a white background, ever produced.  These are excellent pieces of high quality with a complex, glass like glaze, that have become highly collectible in their own right.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mf-section-3 collapsible-block open-block\" id=\"content-collapsible-block-2\" aria-pressed=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE C.M. HUTSCHENREUTHER PORCELAIN FACTORY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas founded as a porcelain painting factory in 1814 by Carolus Magnus Hutschenreuther\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1794-1845) in Hohenberg an der Eger, Bavaria, Germany.  T\u003cspan\u003ehe 15th child of Johann Heinrich Hutschenreuther, a porcelain painter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand owner of the Wallendorf Porcelain Manufactory in Lichte (Wallendorf)\u003c\/span\u003e, he earned his living in his fathers factory selling porcelain items such as pipe-bowls and so-called Turkish cups in eastern Bavaria and especially in the spa towns of Bohemia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1814, Hutschenreuther discovered deposits of kaolin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, used to make fine white porcelain, near the River Eger,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and decided to manufacture porcelain himself in Hohenberg where\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a relative of his, Ernst Ludwig Reuß, was chief forester. Reuß made space available to him in Hohenburg Castle, and he began painting porcelain there and learning to manufacture it. In 1816 he married Reuß' daughter Johanna.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn 10 September 1816, he applied for permission to establish a porcelain manufactory in Hohenburg, and after several unsuccessful attempts, the concession to set up a kiln was finally granted on 7 November 1822. By this time he had acquired a disused alum works, \u003ci\u003eAuf der \u003c\/i\u003eFreundschaft (Friendship), on the site of the present-day Hutschenreuther factory.  \u003cspan\u003eInitially, Hutschenreuther appears to have personally mixed the raw materials and overseen the firing to guard the knowledge of his process. He was also probably responsible for most of the painting and shipping. Only after a second kiln and a larger watermill\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewere constructed, and additional porcelain decorators were hired, did the company become successful with the added sale of white wares to free-lance decorators.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe  fortunes of the company took a positive turn when it was converted into an AG (a public limited company) in 1904, and subsequently began incorporating several existing enterprises into it.  To enhance the quality of his product, Carolus solicited artists, craftsmen, and sculptors from across the European continent. Primarily focusing on quality and design, Hutschenreuther grew into a competitive firm that produced dinnerware services ideal for fine dining.  B\u003cspan\u003ey the time of its 125-year anniversary, they had more than 2300 employees, and had become one of the largest companies of its kind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen C.M. Hutschenreuther died at Hohenberg on 10 November 1845, His widow Johanna and his sons Lorenz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand Christian succeeded him as operators of the company.  A large part of the factory was destroyed by a fire in 1848, but it was rebuilt.\u003c\/span\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1857 Lorenz Hutschenreuther\u003cspan\u003e left to\u003c\/span\u003e establish his own competing porcelain factory in the neighboring town of Selb, and in 1902,  reorganized as a public limited company named\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePorzellanfabriken Lorenz Hutschenreuther AG Selb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Lorenz Hutschenreuther Porcelain Factories Company, Selb) or simply LHS.  \u003cspan\u003eHutschenreuther of Selb continued to grow by buying the assets of competing factories throughout Germany, including the assets of such producers as:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJaeger, Werner \u0026amp; Co., Selb (1906)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAltrohlau (1909)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaul Mueller, Selb (1917)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBauscher brothers, Weiden\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1927)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTirschenreuth porcelain factory (1927)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKönigszelt porcelain factory, Königszelt (today Jaworzyna\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jaworzyna_%C5%9Al%C4%85ska\" title=\"Jaworzyna Śląska\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eŚląska\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e), Silesia\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1928)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt was after purchasing the art division of Paul Müller in 1917, that Hutschenreuther of Selb began producing figurines.  Hutschenreuther’s managing director, Emil Mundel, was the driving force behind the acquisition of Müller’s assets. After acquiring sculptors and skilled laborers, Hutschenreuther began soliciting designs for its sculptures and dinnerware from the Selb Technical School of Porcelain. \u003c\/span\u003eBy 1926, the art division of the company had won wide acclaim and its porcelain figurines were highly sought after.  \u003cspan\u003eHutschenreuther produced many of its most famous patterns throughout the first half of the 20th century, including Racine (1900), Richelieu (1929), Blue Onion (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1930) and Maple Leaf\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1940).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLorenz marketed his dinnerware services very aggressively, and Hutschenreuther in Selb ultimately became the more notable of the two factories as a result of its managers' business savvy. They became the first German firm to be able to compete with such companies as Haviland and Wedgewood.  At no point in its history did Lorenz establish a partnership with his family, and the two companies would remain fully independent and in open competition with each other for more than a century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mfghist_image_div\"\u003eWith the end of WWII, both competing Hutschenreuther factories had lost much. The Hohenberg factory lost all its plants located in the eastern part of Germany as well as the plants in the areas that fell to Poland and the CSSR.  The company was reduced by 80%.  The Selb factory also faced a barrage of war related restrictions and the loss of its mines in Fischern near Karlovy Vary, but by the mid 1950s, Hutschenreuther Hohenberg was able to expand its plants in Hohenberg and Arzberg to document more than 1100 employees, and \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHutschenreuther Selb\u003c\/span\u003e quickly reached its old significance counting around 3,000 employees in its plants by the middle of the decade.  The art department, which was established in 1917, also played an important role in the 1950s. As shape and decor designers of this time produced many of the company's most notable creations.  The work of artists such as Hans Achtziger, Hildegard Gruinseiser, Christian Modrack and Rudolf Lunghard deserve special mention.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy 1969, the company expanded to include several more factories. During that same year, the assets of Carolus Magnus Hutschenreuther’s 1814 company were purchased by Hutschenreuther of Selb. After more than a century of competition, the two companies became one. The newly united company continued producing porcelain figurines and fine bone chine. Today, the company uses the lion and circle as their trademark and continues to produce sculptures, ornaments, and dinnerware.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was during 1969, that LHS purchased the assets and took over Carolus Magnus Hutschenreuther’s 1814 company after over a century of competition. The new consolidated company continued to produce fine bone china and porcelain figurines.  In 1972, the company merged with Kahla AG, and in 2000, Hutschenreuther became part of the Rosenthal division of the Waterford Wedgwood Group, but retained the Hutschenreuther \"lion insignia\" which still stands as a symbol of excellence that continues to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"properties\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eDesigner\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRENÉE NEUE\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eManufacturer\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHUTSCHENREUTHER\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eDesign Period\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1970 to 1979\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eProduction Period\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1970 to 1979\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eCountry of Manufacture\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGermany\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eIdentifying Marks\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThis piece has an attribution mark\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eStyle\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd itemprop=\"style\"\u003eVintage, Mid-Century, Scandinavian Modern, Modernist\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eDetailed Condition\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cmeta itemprop=\"itemCondition\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/OfferItemCondition\" content=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/UsedCondition\"\u003e Excellent — This vintage piece is in near original condition. It may show minimal traces of use and\/or have slight restorations.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eProduct Code\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eMaterials\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePorcelain\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eColor\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd itemprop=\"color\"\u003eCopper, black, coral\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"width\"\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eWidth\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5.5 inch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"depth\"\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eDepth\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5.5 inch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eHeight\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8.5 inch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"MODERN REDUX","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31331549282346,"sku":"RENÉE NEUE FOR HUTSCHENREUTHER","price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2159\/9561\/products\/IMG_20200613_172630-01.jpg?v=1592430357","url":"https:\/\/modernredux.myshopify.com\/products\/iridescent-hutschenreuther-long-neck-vase","provider":"MODERN REDUX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}