Alt Beck and Gottschalk
C. F. Kling & Co. provided the training for the four modelers and turners who founded Alt, Beck & Gottschalck in 1854 in
Naundorf. Changes in ownership resulted in the two remaining owners Gottschalk and Beck experimenting with formulas for
the masse. The experiments resulted in biscuit porcelain.
Alt joined the firm in 1856 but died in 1865. Gottschalk also died leaving his half of the company to his widow. Carl Halbig was
brought in as an accountant. Carl Halbig married the widow. The Simon doll factory in Hildburghausen was a client of ABG.
1869 brought the founding of the Simon and Halbig porcelain factory with the widow’s financial backing, the formulas for the
biscuit porcelain and many of the workers from ABG. ABG joined with Reinhold Weingart, co-owner of the Stutzhaus porcelain
factory. This factory was purchased by ABG in 1864. Hertel and Schwab bought the factory from ABG in 1911. The company
operated until 1953 when it was taken over by the communist GDR. The VEB Keramik Co. operated the factory. The ABG
factory closed in 1962.
Naundorf. Changes in ownership resulted in the two remaining owners Gottschalk and Beck experimenting with formulas for
the masse. The experiments resulted in biscuit porcelain.
Alt joined the firm in 1856 but died in 1865. Gottschalk also died leaving his half of the company to his widow. Carl Halbig was
brought in as an accountant. Carl Halbig married the widow. The Simon doll factory in Hildburghausen was a client of ABG.
1869 brought the founding of the Simon and Halbig porcelain factory with the widow’s financial backing, the formulas for the
biscuit porcelain and many of the workers from ABG. ABG joined with Reinhold Weingart, co-owner of the Stutzhaus porcelain
factory. This factory was purchased by ABG in 1864. Hertel and Schwab bought the factory from ABG in 1911. The company
operated until 1953 when it was taken over by the communist GDR. The VEB Keramik Co. operated the factory. The ABG
factory closed in 1962.
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