Fischer & Mieg

Artporcel, Manufakutura Pirkenhammer, Brezová, Czech Republic (Pirkenhammer, Bohemia, Austria) / Founded 1802-1803 by Johann Gottlob List and Friedrich Höcke , the company name was Friedrich Höcke. / 1805 leased by Ferdinand Kranz and Gottlob Winkel. 1811 sold to Christopher Reichenbach and Christian Nonne. Martin Fischer was a strong financial partner. It was known as Fischer & Reichenbach. /

1822 it received a porcelain license. /1824 Martin Fischer's son, Christian, took over the business with Reichenbach. He married Emma Karolina von Mieg, and trained at the National Manufactory in Sèvres, France. Christian is credited for the production changing to Bohemian shapes and styles. /1852 Reichenbach sold his shares to Christian; it was then known as Christian Fischer. / 1859 Fischer sold the factory to his son, Rudolf Karl Fischer, and son in-law, Ludwig von Mieg, it then became known as Fischer & Mieg. Ownership changed several times within the family until,

1908 when it was sold at auction to Wilhelm and Victor Maier. The name remained Fischer & Mieg.

1918 it merged into OEPIAG and EPIAG in 1920 and maintained its name until,

1945 when it was nationalized by the government and joined the other EPIAG factories to become a part of Starorolský Porcelán, then Karlovarský Porcelán Brezová in 1958. See the Factory Mergers, Associations and Nationalizations table.