Carl Robert Tielsch was a German merchant

Merchant

A merchant is a businessperson who trades in commodities that were produced by others, in order to earn a profit.Merchants can be one of two types:# A wholesale merchant operates in the chain between producer and retail merchant...

 who founded the Carl Tielsch & Co. Porcelain

Porcelain

Porcelain is a ceramic material made by heating raw materials, generally including clay in the form of kaolin, in a kiln to temperatures between and...

 Manufactury.

Carl Tielsch & Co.

In 1845, encouraged by Carl Krister's results as a porcelain entrepreneur, Tielsch founded in 1845 in the locality of Altwasser (today Stary Zdrój

Stary Zdrój

Stary Zdrój was a town of Poland, now part of a town Wałbrzych, 43 m. by rail S.W. from Wrocław, and 3 m. N. from centre of Wałbrzych. It has factories for glass, porcelain , machinery, cotton-spinning, iron-foundries and used to have coal-mines. Population 12,144....

, a district of Wałbrzych) founded, together with his partner Gideon von Wallenberg (a banker from Wrocław), the porcelain factory Carl Tielsch & Co..

In 1861, Tielsch was awarded the title of the Royal Trade Counsellor in acknowledgment of his contribution to the Silesia

Silesia

Silesia is a historical region of Central Europe located mostly in Poland, with smaller parts also in the Czech Republic, and Germany.Silesia is rich in mineral and natural resources, and includes several important industrial areas. Silesia's largest city and historical capital is Wrocław...

n industry.

His son Egmont Tielsch became his successor.

The Tielsch factory is producing to the present day and is now called "Fabryka Porcelany Wałbrzych S.A.".

External links

• PM&M, a short story of the Porcelain Manufactury.