Josef Strnact Junior founded in 1881 a terracotta, majolica and faience factory in Turn-Teplitz.
From 1902, he created a subsidiary in Geisingen called "Strnact Junior".
He then
purchased the ceramic factory "Anton Heller" in Turn-Teplitz.
In 1910 it employed 300 workers.
In 1934 it was repurchased by Mr. Elly Schubert
and Josef Pachmann.
Josef Strnact has produced:
faience and majolica: vases, pieces for the garden, flowerpots, pillars,
umbrella stands, tobacco jars, clock cases (mantel clocks)
weaved and open worked stoneware : baskets, flower receptacles
Turn-Teplitz is located about 50 km south of Dresden, in the North Bohemian region.
Until WWI it was part of the
Austro-Hungarian Empire.
After WWI it was part of Czechoslovakia and called Teplice-Trnovany. It is now
part of the Czech Republic.
In the
Austro-Hungarian days, Turn-Teplitz was home to several other ceramic factories, including the famous AMPHORA factory.
We have five Josef Strnact ceramic clocks.
They all have a similar
"JS" marking, stamped (with "made in Austria") or
embossed.
Considering their style, they seem to be dating from the early twentieth
century.
Each clock has a model number, ranging from 1120 (not shown here, probably the oldest) to 1598;
The model numbers are
embossed below the clock or on its back.
We've also received photos of a clock model number 1144, as well as of a clock model 1501 marked 1325.
We are very interested in any additional information that you could
provide us on
these faience clocks and on the Josef Strnact company,
including:
When exactly were these art deco clocks produced?
For which markets were they targeted?
Did Josef Strnact produce some other clock models? How many? When?
Which numbers?
Is the factory still running? If yes, how is it called? How big is it?
If not, when and why did it close?
...
We would be really grateful if you could
send more information to our curator.
We will
add it ASAP into this page.
Thank you very much.
Please note that this page contains all the information we have.
It will be updated as soon as we get more.
There is not use writing the Museum to ask for additional information: all we know is on this
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