Frisching Faience Manufactory
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The Frisching Faience Manufactory was a manufactory that produced high class faience
manufactures between 1760 and 1776 in Bern.
The manufactory was founded by Franz Rudolf Frisching
and his brothers Gabriel Friedrich (1731–1789) and Karl Albrecht (1734–1801) on the grounds of Franz Rudolf Frisching’s country estate, the "Lorraine-Gut", outside the Old City of Bern. The manufactory specialised in faience stoves
. Because of protectionism
the manufactory could not sell one faience stove in the city of Bern. However, the faience stoves of the Frisching Faience Manufactory were very popular with the patricians of Basel
and the French speaking part of Switzerland.
The Frisching Faience Manufactory was a manufactory that produced high class faience
Faience
Faience or faïence is the conventional name in English for fine tin-glazed pottery on a delicate pale buff earthenware body, originally associated with Faenza in northern Italy. The invention of a white pottery glaze suitable for painted decoration, by the addition of an oxide of tin to the slip...
manufactures between 1760 and 1776 in Bern.
The manufactory was founded by Franz Rudolf Frisching
Franz Rudolf Frisching
thumb|Franz Rudolf Frisching in the uniform of an officer of the [[Bernese]] Huntsmen Corps with his [[Berner Laufhund]], painted by [[Jean Preudhomme]] in 1785...
and his brothers Gabriel Friedrich (1731–1789) and Karl Albrecht (1734–1801) on the grounds of Franz Rudolf Frisching’s country estate, the "Lorraine-Gut", outside the Old City of Bern. The manufactory specialised in faience stoves
Masonry heater
A masonry heater is a device for warming a home that captures the heat from periodic burning of fuels , and then radiates that heat over a long period at a fairly constant temperature. The technology exists in many forms from the Roman hypocaust to the Austrian/German kachelofen...
. Because of protectionism
Protectionism
Protectionism is the economic policy of restraining trade between states through methods such as tariffs on imported goods, restrictive quotas, and a variety of other government regulations designed to allow "fair competition" between imports and goods and services produced domestically.This...
the manufactory could not sell one faience stove in the city of Bern. However, the faience stoves of the Frisching Faience Manufactory were very popular with the patricians of Basel
Basel
Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...
and the French speaking part of Switzerland.
Locations with faience stoves made by the Frisching Faience Manufactory
- Historical Museum of BernHistorical Museum of BernThe Historical Museum of Bern is the second largest historical museum in Switzerland. It was built in 1894 by the Neuchâtel architect André Lambert...
- Schloss SchadauSchloss SchadauSchadau Castle is a castle on the south side of the Aar near Lake Thun in the city of Thun, Canton Bern, Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.-History:...
in ThunThunThun is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland with about 42,136 inhabitants , as of 1 January 2006.... - Schloss Hünigen in KonolfingenKonolfingenKonolfingen is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.-History:Konolfingen is first mentioned in 1148 as Chonolfingen. It is a relatively new municipality, having been formed from the union of Gysenstein and Stalden in...
- The Blue and The White HouseThe Blue and The White HouseThe Blue and The White House are two town mansions in the city of Basel.The semi-detached baroque mansions on the Rheinsprung 16 and 18 in Basel, also known as “The Reichensteinerhof” and “The Wendelstörferhof”, were built by the architect Samuel Werenfels for the brothers Lukas and Jakob Sarasin...
in BaselBaselBasel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany... - Le Palais du PeyrouLe Palais du PeyrouLe Palais du Peyrou is a mansion in the city of Neuchâtel.The relatively large Swiss mansion was built between 1765 and 1771 for Pierre-Alexandre Du Peyrou by the Bernese architect Erasme Ritter . The still mainly original interior of the mansion was executed by highly skilled craftsmen...
in Neuchâtel
Literature
- Walter A. Staehelin: Keramische Forschungen aus bernischen Archiven. In: Keramikfreunde der Schweiz: Mitteilungsblatt. Nr. 81 (1970), S. 3–34.
- Robert L. Wyss: Kachelöfen, in: Bern und die bildenden Künste, in: Illustrierte Berner Enzyklopädie, Bd. IV. Kunst und Kultur im Kanton Bern, Bern 1987, S. 107-109.
- Historisches Museum Bern: Geschirr für Stadt und Land – Berner Töpferei seit dem 16. Jahrhundert, Bern, 2007, ISBN-13: 978-3-9523573-8-5 (BHM).