Ernst Wahliss
Date of birth
1863
Date of death
1934
Place of birth
Place Of death
Biography
Ernst Wahliss opened his ceramics business in Vienna in 1863, selling Bohemian and Austrian porcelain. Retail stores were also opened in London and Berlin.
In 1894, Wahliss bought the Alfred Stellmacher Imperial and Royal Porcelain Factory (founded in 1859) at Turn-Terplitz, Bohemia (Czech Republic), for producing porcelain. Wahliss died in 1900 and left the firm to his two sons, Hans and Erich. In 1902, bought 600 original moulds from the former Imperial and Royal Porcelain Manufactory in Vienna and made reproductions of the Vienna porcelain. It is possible this plate might have utilised decorative motifs designed for the Imperial Factory as it is very much in the opulent Viennese style.
In 1905, Hans and Erich named the company Alexandra Porcelain Works Ernst Wahliss. Manufacturing turned to mostly faïence after 1910. They extended the company's range of earthenware and porcelain to include the distinctive Serapis-fayence in 1911. This factory was known for its unique designs.
In 1921 the factory was merged into Porcelain Union, United Porcelain Factory AG which in 1927 joined the EPIAG association. This was an association of porcelain factories, formed in 1918 by the Austrian government and named OEPIAG (Österreichische Porzellan Industrie AG - Austrian Porcelain Industry). In 1920, to reflect the creation of the new country, Czechoslovakia, the name was changed to EPIAG (Erste Böhemische Porzellan Industrie AG - First Bohemian Porcelain Industry).
In 1934 all of the Porcelain Union, United Porcelain Factory AG factories were closed.
In 1894, Wahliss bought the Alfred Stellmacher Imperial and Royal Porcelain Factory (founded in 1859) at Turn-Terplitz, Bohemia (Czech Republic), for producing porcelain. Wahliss died in 1900 and left the firm to his two sons, Hans and Erich. In 1902, bought 600 original moulds from the former Imperial and Royal Porcelain Manufactory in Vienna and made reproductions of the Vienna porcelain. It is possible this plate might have utilised decorative motifs designed for the Imperial Factory as it is very much in the opulent Viennese style.
In 1905, Hans and Erich named the company Alexandra Porcelain Works Ernst Wahliss. Manufacturing turned to mostly faïence after 1910. They extended the company's range of earthenware and porcelain to include the distinctive Serapis-fayence in 1911. This factory was known for its unique designs.
In 1921 the factory was merged into Porcelain Union, United Porcelain Factory AG which in 1927 joined the EPIAG association. This was an association of porcelain factories, formed in 1918 by the Austrian government and named OEPIAG (Österreichische Porzellan Industrie AG - Austrian Porcelain Industry). In 1920, to reflect the creation of the new country, Czechoslovakia, the name was changed to EPIAG (Erste Böhemische Porzellan Industrie AG - First Bohemian Porcelain Industry).
In 1934 all of the Porcelain Union, United Porcelain Factory AG factories were closed.