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Austrian enamel bowls


assafx

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Hi,

 

The remains of an enamel bowl and a plate were discovered together with a German WWI shell case, in an excavation in Jerusalem.

There was an Austrian brigade in the Palestine front and it was in the vicinity of Jerusalem.

I could not find the manufacturer of the bowl or to confirm, if these items might have been issued to KUK troops.

any help will be greatly appreciated.

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Assaf

 

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Hello,

 

I think this was civilian produced enamel ware.

 

Jan

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Thank you.

 

Assaf

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It looks a civilian profile, as Jan says. 

Just to be sure, could it be possible to have a side vieuw of the bowl ?

Thanks in advance. 

Gabelou

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here it is,

 

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Assaf

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Thanks Assaf. Definitely civilian.

The production of enamel plates , bowl and other was important, specialy in bohemian part of Austrian empire.

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Thank you.

 

Assaf

 

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Not sure, Tierney.

The main productor of enamel coated canteen in 14 14 was Austriawerk in Brno.

In a multilingual empire as Autriche-Hongrie, Austria was a generic designation accepted by nearly everyone in KuK, except perhaps some Hungarian ultra nationalist. Austrian historians design the pre war time as " Felix Austria Zeit".

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Possible for export, personally i dont known its a Brno production, more real not. There was many facilities to produce enamel items.

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H&C Austria was a firm based in Karslbad, now in CZ Republic, specialised in production of porcelain dishes ( and also  enamel stuff)... no change of name according to local market or export production. 

SKODA remains SKODA 

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6 hours ago, Gabelou said:

H&C Austria was a firm based in Karslbad, now in CZ Republic, specialised in production of porcelain dishes ( and also  enamel stuff)... no change of name according to local market or export production. 

SKODA remains SKODA 

I was under the impression that H&C is It is the Haardt and Co from Vienna, am i wrong?

 

Thank you,

Assaf

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I think you are right. The firm exist since 1875.

I try to find if they use the logo "Austria H & C", but without succes for the moment. 

Cheers 

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Just giving "Austria H&C" on google and looking for pics gives plenty of excamples, similar as the one in the first post. All on civilian enamelware. The military examples seem to use a different kind of stamp, without the eagle.

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Thank you all

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  • 1 year later...

Hello, I just came across this forum whilst researching an old graniteware enamel piece I acquired in Spain. It has a hallmark for H&C on the back, plus the number 14. However, it is an early version of the logo - one eagle sitting on top of a pan - and this piece looks to date early 1900s. I think this is the Haardt & Co from Vienna. There is no mention of the word Austria or Austria-Hungary.

 

Does anyone have any insight on this piece, as it's such an unusual shape. Thanks!

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