Image 010215-01-01
Used between 1950 and 1952, reads "Kronach OCA Bavaria" above "Porcellan".
The porcelain factory of Oechsler & Andechser never really had a chance to make itself a name. It was only operational for five years before it was taken over by the company of Alboth & Kaiser, also located in Kronach, which had capacity problems and required an interim solution to bridge the gap until they could move to their new factory location in the town of Staffelstein.
The town of Kronach is very old, first mentioned in 1003 A.D. as Urbs Crana, hence many local companies directly use (or at least refer to) the historic name of Crana. Oechsler & Andechser used the initials "OCA", representing "Oechsler (Crana) Andechser" to show where their business was centered. Following their impressed "GK" mark, the Gebrüder Kühnlenz also used an impressed "K" encircled by a "C", representing "Kühnlenz in Crana", and Alboth & Kaiser produced one complete series of marks which included the name Crana in the crown. These snippets of information are often lost over time, creating unnecessary puzzles for later generations of collectors.
Image 010215-01-01
Used between 1950 and 1952, reads "Kronach OCA Bavaria" above "Porcellan".
Image 010215-01-02
Used between 1950 and 1952, example with additional series name "Smaragd".
Image 010215-01-03
Used between 1950 and 1952, here with "handgemalt" addition.
Image 010215-01-04
Used between 1950 and 1952, here with sans-serif "handgemalt" addition.
Image 010215-01-05
Used between 1950 and 1952, first items for export received a plain "Made in Germany" addition.
Image 010215-01-06
Used between 1952 and 1955, reads "Kronach" above "OCA", "Kunst" and "Bavaria". This mark form is hard to find.
Image 010215-01-07
Used between 1952 and 1955, reads "Kronach" above "OCA" and "Bavaria". Example in green.
Image 010215-01-08
Used between 1952 and 1955, reads "Kronach" above "OCA" and "Bavaria". Here an example in gold.
Image 010215-01-09
Used between 1952 and 1955, reads "Kronach" above "OCA" and "Bavaria", export version with "West Germany".
Image 010215-01-10
Used between 1952 and 1955, reads "Kronach" above "OCA" and "Bavaria", export version with "West Germany".
(Picture: Teresa Dunn)
© 2004-2024 C.S.Marshall, all rights reserved