Frankenthaln.
/ˈfraŋkəntɑːl/ The designation of a porcelain made at Frankenthal from the middle to the end of the eighteenth century.
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Nuremberg1617
St. Cloud1721
Dresden1735
Limoges1844
Capo di Monte1850
Frankenthal1863
Zurich1870
Rosenthal1898
Copenhagen1911
1863 W. Chaffers Marks & Monograms Pottery & Porcelain 183 The stock and utensils of the Frankenthal manufactory were purchased in 1800 by M. Von Recum.
1887 Sale Catal. Porcelain & Decorative Objects (Christie, Manson, & Woods) 4 Feb. 4 A large Frankenthal group of Chinese figures at an arbour.
1925 W. W. Worster tr. E. Hannover Pottery & Porcelain III. ix. 215 The porcelain body of Frankenthal, which during the best period was brought from Passau, is as a rule of so soft a whiteness as to resemble at times the French soft porcelain.
1947 W. B. Honey German Porcelain 25 The Frankenthal table-wares and vases of the best period were..often painted with elaborate figure-subjects of a kind seldom attempted elsewhere in Germany.
1960 H. Hayward Connoisseur's Handbk. Antique Collecting 123/1 Frankenthal porcelain figures often have rich pierced, scrolled Rococo bases and sometimes include trellis work.
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