Josef Strnact Junior and the JS Austria ceramic clocks

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JS Austria ceramic clocks

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Josef Strnact

Josef Strnact Junior founded in 1881 a terracotta, majolica and faience factory in Turn-Teplitz.
From 1902, he creates a subsidiary in Geisingen called "Strnact Junior". He then purchases 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

terra-cotta wall-pictures, majolica-letters (patented).

Source : Dieter Zuehlsdorff: Keramik-Marken Lexikon ISBN: 3-925369-40-6
Full text in German - Stamp used from before 1900 to 1933

Turn-Teplitz is located about 50 km south of Dresden. It was then in Austria, but is now part of Czechoslovakia and called Teplice-Trnovany. In the Austrian days, Turn-Teplitz was the home of a few famous ceramic factories such as AMPHORA.

We have four Josef Strnact ceramic clocks. They all have a similar "JS" marking, stamped (with "made in Austria") or embossed. From their style, they seem to be from from the early twentieth century.

Each clock has a model number, ranging from 1145 (oldest) to 1598; it is embossed below the clock or on its back.


js_1143.jpg	js_1180.jpg	js_1501.jpg	js_1598.jpg

We are very interested in any additional information that you could provide us on these art deco ceramic clocks and the Josef Strnact manufacture, 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 ?

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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 page!

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