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Stobwasser is the name of a family, which justified 1763 in Braunschweig a Manufaktur for lacquer goods, which existed there until 1863.

"Stobwasser "as generic term

"Stobwasser "is used in particular today as generic term for articles manufactured in Braunschweig, which were manufactured after the special Stobwasser technology and with high requirement art-relating to crafts. The painted basis of these articles can be both and wood or metal.

Enterprise history

Establishment in Braunschweig

In order to animate the export trade and industry in city and Principality of Braunschweig to attract in addition, around craftsmen and entrepreneurs duke Karl I. granted this special privileges. Thus it came during its regency to numerous establishments of an enterprise, of which some, as the Porzellanmanufaktur prince mountain exists, this very day. Thus also George Heinrich Stobwasser (1717-1776), originating from praising stone in Thuringia, came to Braunschweig and based there in the year 1763 together with his father George victory mouth Eustachius Stobwasser a Manufaktur as "painting goods factory ". Due to the high quality of the goods and the large demand by the Braunschweiger yard, the society, military, due to it, and the Kaufmannschaft, the new "factory developed "fast to for the time at that time large enterprises, which set nearly hundred coworkers off busy and their products soon also supraregional and internationally.

Of things of the daily use to luxury goods

With the multilevel lacquer mark technology derived from China household effects became, like e.g. Table-ware, case, doses, boxes, trays, in addition, cans and Leuchter manufactured. The Haupterzeugnis of the arts and crafts enterprise were however flat Schnupftabakdosen. Beyond that also qualitatively high-quality furniture for yards in completely Europe was manufactured.

Artistic director/conductor of the enterprise had developed George Heinrichs son Johann Heinrich Stobwasser (1740-1829), these in attempts for many years its own lacquer, which applied at its time as singular. The Manufaktur bound soon a large amount of highly qualified painter actually, how e.g. the miniature painter Friedrich George Weitsch (1758-1828), which the Stobwasser' motives for miniature (, romantic landscapes idealized among other things, historical and mythologische scenes after Italian, French or Netherlands model) on the articles laid on. Particularly was the Stobwasser' Schnupftabakdosen likes - not least probably because of their partially erotischen representations, which were under a double soil hidden.

Protection from imitators

With the quality the demand rose and with it became larger the area of distribution; gradually the Manufaktur turned into to manufacture luxury goods. That again led to the fact that other entrepreneurs tried Stobwasser articles to copy or copy. In order to protect itself against this form of the Produktpiraterie, the Stobwasser Manufaktur was allowed to use its own registered trade mark in form jumping of a horse in connection with one starting from 1775 due to a herzoglichen privilege of Karl I. "pc. "(for Stobwasser). Many products remained nevertheless providing unsigniert or were (usually inside) in red with "Stobwasser factory "or various additives, so that this makes today the allocation more difficult partially.

Branch in Berlin

The enterprise flourished and its call penetrated soon to Berlin, to the yard king Friedrichs of the large one. This tried thereupon, Stobwasser to Berlin abzuwerben, but 1772/73 a branch was only created, in which one specialized in the production of painted lamps. It was led first by Louise a sister Christan Heinrich Stobwassers and their French married man, before its brother likewise moved to Berlin, in order to lead the enterprise. The principal firm in Braunschweig ignored 1832 to the two coworkers A.W. Meyer and C. Wried and from now on as "Stobwasser factory Meyer & Wried - Braunschweig "was continued to lead.

High point and fall

Beginning 19. Century finally the citizens of Berlin made branch more conversion than the principal firm; the sales rooms were shifted by the William route "under the lime trees ". The conversion continued to rise, because meanwhile the international high aristocracy belonged to regular customers.

But finally made to always far and faster progressing industrialization more difficult the paragraph of the products art-relating to crafts of the Stobwasser Manufakturen in Braunschweig and Berlin. This led to the fact that the Braunschweiger principal firm was dissolved in the year 1863. In addition, in Berlin production had to be gradually changed over, so that increasingly on production by lights one changed over, after Stobwasser had made itself earned around improvements of the new petroleum lamps. Around finally 1900 Stobwasser was one of the most important lamp manufacturers of Germany.

Stobwasserhaus in Braunschweig

"The Stobwasserhaus in the genuine road in Braunschweig ", starting from 1771 seat of the Manufaktur was not destroyed in the Second World War, contrary to most other half timbered houses in this road and serves today social purposes.