Reinhold Schlegelmilch

Reinhold Schlegelmilch was a porcelain manufacturer in Suhl, Germany, founded in the 1800s. He is famous for the porcelain that bears his initials, R. S. Prussia.

Mark

The factory mark was the initials "RS" in red encircled by a green wreath beneath a red five-pointed star.

uccessors

Reinhold Schlegelmilch had two sons, Arnold Schlegelmilch and Ehrhard Schlegelmilch, who were to make the mark bearing his initials famous.

uhl

Ehrhard Schlegelmilch operated the factory in Suhl, and during this period, most of the pieces exported to the United States bore the "RS Prussia" mark stamped in red.

Tillowitz

Arnold Schlegelmilch started a factory in Tillowitz, then Germany/now Tułowice, Poland. In 1910, the Tillowitz factory began using the "RS Germany" mark stamped in green. The Tillowitz factory kept producing porcelain through the Second World War.

Export

These two operations produced the majority of their products for export beginning in 1892 up until the beginning of World War I.

"RS Prussia" porcelain is known both for the complexity of its molds and for the beauty of the patterns, most of which were applied using floral transfers. Many of the pieces also bear some degree of hand decoration, such as gold gilding or embellishments like thick enameling to give the floral prints texture. The variety of glazes applied at the RS factory is also significant. Depending on the particular finishing materials used, RS pieces may bear a glossy, iridescent, luster, or matte surface appearance.

ee also

*Pickard China
*Osborne T. Olsen