Match Striker
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Match Striker
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Manufactures
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Charles Allerton &
Sons
Arkinstall & Sons Ltd (Arcadian China) Beswick Birks, Rawlins & Co W.T. Copeland & Sons Ltd (Spode) Doulton & Co Ltd Dudson Empire Porcelain Co (Ltd) Fieldings & Co Grimwades Ltd (Royal Winton) F. & W. Goebel Co Gouda Ralph Hammersley & Son  Edward Jones & Co Ltd Lister Lovatt & Lovatt James MacIntyre & Co Manor Ware Mintons Olivant Potteries Ltd F. & R. Pratt & Co (Ltd) Price, Bristol Prinknash Abby Pottery A.G. Richardson & Co Ltd (Crown Ducal) Salopian Art Pottery Co "Victoria" Schmidt & Co (GEMMA) Shelley Potteries Ltd Soho Pottery Ltd Taylor, Tunnicliff & Co Unknown Makers Watcombe Wedgwood Wiltshaw & Robinson (Carlton Ware) (1) Wiltshaw & Robinson (Carlton Ware) (2) W. Wood & Co Composite Section
(brings together information on types of match striker from elsewhere on the site) Advertising Match Strikers Crested Match Strikers |
Company History This Czechoslovakian porcelain factory was founded by Lazarus and Rosenfeld in 1883. They then sold the business to Franz Schmidt in 1885. It lost it's independence in 1945 when it merged with two other firms, Altrohlau Porcelain and EPIAG to become a part of Starorolský Porcelán. Then in 1958 it became part of Karlovarský Porcelán Stará . Since around 1970 the factory has been used as a training facility. Outside of it's home territory it is most well known for the Gemma crested ware range, although a variety of other wares were also produced. Marks The Crown and Shield mark shown below was used between 1918 and 1945. The second mark shows the factory name, and courty of origin.   Top Hat Crested Match Strikers These match strikers were fashioned in the shape of a top hat. They have a serrated striking surface on the base, plus the crest of wherever the souvenir was intended to be sold.    Match Striker with Ashtray As well as the GEMMA souviner brand Schmidt & Co also produced wares under their own name. This example is a matchbox holder with an ashtray in an orange lustre ware.  |
