hello Sue
I looked through everything I got to Val st. Lambert, unfortunately not much only the catalogs from Pamelas side. nothing comes even near. But I hope that somebody which more catalouges of Val st. lambert finds something that fits.
What I forgot to mention, the Josephinenhütte arised 1842 in Bohemia, so it has very good roots. They came to Germany 1945 and began new . They are also known as gräfliche Schaffgottsche Josephinenhütte where Fritz Heckert also worked. 1979 the company was sold to villeroy and Boch and closed 1983
Monika
Monika,
Where do you get your information? Show me proof in the form of a map where Schreiberhau, Warmbrunn and Petersdorf were ever located in Bohemia from 1834 on (and from 1866 on for Heckert). Also, then why do address books show Josephinenhütte and Petersdorfer Glashütte Fritz Heckert in Prussia, then later, the German Empire after Prussia joined and became a Province thereof?
The Josephinenhütte-Heckert connection: Friedrich "Fritz" Wilhelm (the Godson of Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III) Heckert, son of Johann Andreas, a master glazier and glassware handler in Berlin, handled glassware from Josephinenhütte in Schreiberhau after 1839. Fritz Heckert never worked at Josephinenhütte. Josephinenhütte Director Franz Pohl Sr. was Heckert's friend, mentor and supplier of glass blanks to Heckert. Fritz Heckert erected his own glass refinery in 1886, shortly before he died 22 February 1887, NOT in 1890, as you claim. Even so, Josephinenhütte records indicate that Fritz Heckert continued to purchase glass blanks from Josephinenhütte until at least 1921. Fritz Heckert's eldest brother, Carl Ferdinand, operated a glass shop in Berlin from 1847. Carl Ferdinand erected a new glass factory in Berlin in 1854, and it was then that Fritz was first mentioned as a participant in the undertaking. It was Carl Ferdinand that purchased the grinding mill in Petersdorf in 1865 (why would a proud Prussian open a facility in Bohemia? That makes little to no sense, considering the severe restrictions on glass export that existed in both Kingdoms at that time.). Fritz purchased the Petersdorfer facility from Carl Ferdinand (+Berlin, 1879) in 1866. It was in 1872 that Fritz purchased the brewery in Petersdorf, because it had a waterwheel, useful in powering various machinery, including engraving machines, grinding, cutting and polishing wheels. The seat of the company was in Berlin until 1884, thereafter Petersdorf became the seat of the company. Incidentally, Josephinenhütte provided glass blanks to a great number of German companies, (myself having expertise in antique German drinking vessels, and this information being of great value to me), including Wieseler & Mahler in Nürnberg and Friedrich van Hauten in Bonn.
Rolf-Dieter