Rococo-style Porcelain Carriage - Two Horsemen

Porcelain Carriage
White Glazed
On an Oval Rocaille Base
Two-Seat Carriage with a Coachman and a Gallant Couple
Polychrome Staffage
Model Number 11866
Brand Name Gräfenthal
Height: 21.0 cm
Length: 27.5 cm
Width: 15.0 cm
VEB Porcelain Figurine Factory Gräfenthal

The Carl Scheidig Porcelain Factory was founded in 1906 in Gräfenthal. It was successful from the very beginning; it was exhibited at the Leipzig Trade Fair as early as 1906 and received good commissions in Germany and abroad.
The production program included:
Individual figures, figure groups, animals of all kinds, animal groups, candlesticks, lamps, bookcases, smoke eaters, devotional items, holy teapots.
Carl Scheidig managed successfully despite existing competition from companies such as Weiß, Kühnert & Co., Unger, Schneider & Co., and Leube & Co., allowing him to acquire a porcelain factory in Reichmannsdorf (see there) in 1925.
By 1955, the collection comprised around 10,000 models.
From 1972, the company was renamed VEB Porzellanfigurenwerk Gräfenthal. The old trademark was withdrawn in 1976.