RARELY SEEN 1930S PFEIFFER & LOWENSTEIN IN SCHACKENWERTH AUSTRIA (PLS) DEMITASSE CUP AND SAUCER

A RARELY SEEN MINIATURE CUP AND SAUCER BY PFEIFFER & LOWENSTEIN IN SCHLACKENWERTH (PLS) AUSTRIA. WAS MADE BETWEEN 1901 AND 1938 BEFORE THE NAZIS SEIZED THE JEWISH FACTORY IN 1938 AND EXPORTED TO LONDON.

IT IS A MINIATURE DUO IN MAROON AND DARK GREEN WITH HEAVILY HAND APPLIED GOLD GILDING - Small gold gild flowers and embossed scrolls on tea cup and saucer and gold trim edge.
 
BACKSTAMP: Inside a crest "PL" separated by a sash "S" "LONDON" under crest
This mark was used 1901 - 1938. PSL denotes Pfeiffer & Lowenstein Factory of Schlackenwerth, Bohemia, Austria. In 1938, it was renamed Porcelain Factory Schlackenwerth Josef Pfeiffer. The porcelain factory closed in 1949.
The factory is also known as "Imperial PSL Empire" or "Imperial Austria" and PUL.The PUL refers to Pfeiffer & Lowenstein (u being the shortened version of 'and' in German). Some of the marks are just PL.
THE LONDON AS I UNDERSTAND REFERS TO THE EXPORT DESTINATION SOME MARKS I HAVE SEEN HAS VIENNA UNDER THE SHIELD INSTEAD.
 
PFEIFFER AND LOWENSTEIN (1873-1949):
Founded in 1873 by Ludwig Lowenstein in Ostrov, Czech Republic (then Schlackenwerth, Bohemia Austria), the factory was managed by Josef Pfeiffer Jr in the 1900's, and was renamed Pfeiffer & Lowenstein.
In 1938 the Nazis seized the factory and renamed it Porcelain Factory Schlackenwerth Josef Pfeiffer.
Finally, after the war, the owners were Luise & Wilhelm Pfeiffer and George von Hoffmann until it closed in 1949.
 
SIZE: CUP 70MM WIDE 45MM HIGH SAUCER 110MM DIAMETER
 
CONDITION: NO CHIPS. NO CRACKS. VERY GOOD CONDITION.
 
PLEASE ALSO SEE MY OTHER ITEMS LISTED. I HAVE VARIOUS PORCELAIN ITEMS ON AUCTION THIS WEEK. MANY FROM FAMOUS COMPANIES IN EUROPE LIKE SPODE, ROYAL DOULTON, KPM GERMANY AND MANY MORE. MANY ARE HAND PAINTED WHICH IS SOMETHING YOU RARELY FIND FROM EUROPEAN PORCELAIN PRODUCERS NOWADAYS.
 
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