In the fifteenth century a group of miners founded a small community, in what is now the Czech Republic, called Dubi, so called because of the deep oak forests surrounding it. In 1800 Dubi had 64 houses, 9 sawmills and 3 mills.

One of the mills, Unter Buschmühle, known for its blue onion (Zwiebelmuster) pattern, attracted the entrepreneur and industrialist Anton Tschinkel, who later bought it. In 1864 he introduced the production of majolica (earthenware) there. In 1874 he introduced china. Then from 1885 the factory was owned by the German firm Teichert. 

Bloch EICHWALD owned a factory in Hohenstein (now Uncin in the Czech Republic) from 1869 when he bought a majolica and faience producing factory from the Huffsky family. It was here that the majority of Eichwald was made. However in 1895 he bought the former Anton Tschinkel factory from Teichert who had owned it briefly. Known as Der Unter Buschmühle, it was run after Bernard's death by his oldest son Oskar Bloch who died young in 1927. It was then into the hands of Oskar's American wife Stella Bloch until it went bankrupt in 1934/35. After this bankruptcy the plant remained empty for the next 15 years and has been demolished when a new road from Teplice to Dresden was built.

The History of manufacture

In 1895 a flourishing factory was sold to a new owner, an entrepreneur in the ceramic industry, Bernard Bloch, who, aside from china and figural pottery, introduced the manufacture of siderite products, tile stoves and tiles in general.

mat glazed figural vase - signature Grumbach

Bernhard Bloch of Eichwald, Bohemia (now the town of Dubi, Czech Republic), was one of the top producers of figural tobacco jars, and their fine work is still prized by collectors today.

In 1945, the firm was nationalized and combined with other pottery and porcelain makers to form Duchov Porcelain.

In 1925 ing. Schindler began to work in the factory. In 1927 Hugo Freund entered the firm with his capital. During the Second World War the factory was confiscated and sold to Dr. Horst Widera from Thuringia (Thüringen), Germany. The Czech production manager, Josef Simek, was discharged along with others.

After the war the plant returned into Czech hands and the production of china was resumed under the management of Josef Simek.

Anton Tschinkel - C. Teichert - B. Bloch & Co. - Eichwald Porcelain & Stove Factory Bloch & Co.

Dubí, Czech Republic (Eichwald, Bohemia, Austria)

1864 founded by Anton Tschinkel. The pottery started by making majolica.

1874 start of the porcelain production.

1885 C. Teichert (Meissen - Germany Company) bought the factory and used patterns and molds from the Meissen plant. It was the first factory that produced the "onion" pattern in the Bohemia region.

1895 B. Bloch & Co. - Bernard Bloch bought the factory.

In 1920 the company changed its name to Eichwald Porcelain and Stove Factory Bloch & Co.

1939 the Nazis confiscated the factory and sold it to Dr. H. Widera & Co. of Thuringia (Thüringen), Germany.

It was Eichwald Porcelain and Stove Factory Widera & Co. until  the end of the 2nd World War in 1945.

1947 it was nationalized and merged with the Royal Dux and Thun factories to become Duchovský Porcelán. The factories continued to use marks similar to their marks before nationalization. In 1958 Duchovský Porcelán was merged into Karlovarský Porcelán.

 

 

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