RUDOLF WACHTER (RW) BAVARIA GERMANY 1930S SILVER OVERLAID PORCELAIN TEA SET 17 PIECES - RARE

RARE SILVER OVERLAID VINTAGE 1930S RUDOLF WACHTER (RW) BAVARIA GERMANY 17 PIECE PORCELAIN TEA SET. INCLUDES A TEA POT WITH LID, CREAMER, A SUGAR POT WITH LID, 6 DIMITASSE TEA CUPS AND 6 SAUCERS. APART FROM SOME SILVERLOSS AS DESCRIBED IN VERY GOOD VINTAGE CONDITION.
 
THIS TEASET HAVE A METALLIC LOOK AND FEEL. ALTHOUGH NOT STATED EXPLICITLY AS FINESILBER ON THE LOGO SILVER OVERLAY WAS THE SPECIALITY OF RUDOLF WACHTER COMPANY. UNTIL THE LATE 1920'S WACHTER PRODUCED VERY FINE LUSTERWARE THAT WAS MAINLY EXPORTED TO THE U.S. AND ITALY. DURING 1927 THIS SEGMENT OF PRODUCTION WAS SLOWLY SUBSTITUTED WITH PIECES DECORATED IN VARIOUS FORMS OF METAL OVERLAY, MOSTLY SILVER. AFTER SOME EXPERIMENTS THIS RESULTED IN A DESIGN THAT BECAME THE SPECIALITY OF THE COMPANY AND WHICH REMAINED IN THE PRODUCT RANGE NEARLY UNTIL THE FACTORY CLOSED: A SPECIAL FULL SILVER PLATING.THE OBJECTS WERE COVERED IN MATT SILVER AND THEN RE-FIRED, AFTER WHICH THE RESULTING PRODUCT WAS POLISHED BY HAND.
 
MARKINGS:
ENCLOSED BAVARIA 42 WITH MADE IN GERMANY UNDERNEATH GREEN AND BLACK STAMP
THIS MARK WAS USED BETWEEN 1928 TO 1940 AND 1946 TO 1962 WHEN SCHALLER STARTED TO CUT BACK ON OWN PRODUCTION IN FAVOUR OF DECORATING OTHER ITEMS.
 
SIZES AND CONDITION:
TEA POT WITH LID: 18CM WIDE FROM SPOUT UP TO HANDLE 18CM HIGH
NO CHIPS. NO CRACKS. SOME SILVER LOSS TO SPOUT, FINIALAND HANDLE.
SUGAR POT WITH LID: 12CM WIDE FROM HANDLE TO HANDLE 19CM HIGH
NO CHIPS. NO CRACKS. SOME SILVER LOSS TO HANDLES, BODY AND FINIAL.
CREAMER: 9CM WIDE FROM SPOUT TO HANDLE 8,5CM HIGH
NO CHIPS. NO CRACKS. SOME SILVER LOSS TO RIM AND HANDLE.
6 X TEA CUPS: 4CM HIGH 7CM DIAMETER
NO CHIPS. NO CRACKS. SOME SILVER LOSS TO RIMS AND HANDLES.
6 X SAUCERS: 11CM DIAMETER 1CM HIGH
NO CHIPS. NO CRACKS. SOME SILVER LOSS TO RIMS.
 
RUDOLF WACHTER (RW) PORZELLANFABRIK (1893-1957):
Rudolf Wachter was born on December 13th 1868 in the town of Rauenstein. Between 1881 and 1885 he was porcelain decorator apprentice a Porcelain Fabrik in Hüttensteinach near Sonnenberg and later gathered even more experience as decorator for the factory in Kahla. In the year 1893 Wachter founded an own small decoration business in the town of Hüttensteinach. In 1913 Richard moved operations to the Bavarian town of Kirchenlamitz.
In 1955 the Wachter company had 114 normal workers and 16 salaried employees. They started to replace the silver decorations with high polished gold decorations during the late 50's.
In the beginning of the 1970s the business started to have financial problems that led to dismissals. On November 30th 1973 Franz Schaller informed the works council chairman that he intended to close the factory at the end of the year. In February 1974 the factory was finally closed.

VALUE: A SET LIKE THESE SELLS FOR AROUND R5000 ONLINE. PLEASE SEE PHOTO.

 
PLEASE ALSO SEE MY OTHER ITEMS LISTED. I HAVE VARIOUSOTHER PORCELAIN SETS ON AUCTION THIS WEEK. INCLUDING A PARAGON ENGLAND TEA SETFROM 1960S, AN ALKA KUNST BAVARIA GERMANY TEASET AND AN HANDPAINTED MORLEYWAREEARTHENWARE TEA SET.
 
REGARDING PAYMENT: PLEASE TRY TO PAY FOR YOUR ORDERWITHIN ONE WEEK OF PURCHASE. IF YOU THINK YOU CANNOT PAY WITHIN ONE WEEK BUTSTILL WANT TO BID ON THE ITEM PLEASE ARRANGE BY MESSAGE BEFOREHAND TO ARRANGEFOR ANOTHER PAYMENT ARRANGEMENT. THE FASTER YOU PAY THE FASTER I CAN SEND FORYOU.
 
REGARDING SHIPPING: THIS SET IS LARGE AND FRAGILE ANDWILL BE SHIPPED ON ITS OWN VIA COURIER.