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<p>[QUOTE="Chris Marshall, post: 1579909, member: 206"]First of all, there was not a single factory in Carlsbad as that was (as the name implies) a famous air & water spa. In Europe this fact is pretty well known; the "factory in Carlsbad" myth is probably based on foreign books written by uneducated people like the Kovels (which mis-translated a lot of the material they shamelessly lifted from Roentgen). </p><p><br /></p><p>As we all probably know many hobby publishers with their "collector books" have birthed far worse than that ("<i>Thuringer belonged to Austria</i>" *LOL!*) etc., so people should simply take notes and move on:</p><p><br /></p><p>Ahrenfeldt used LIMOGES marks on items they purchased in Limoges, ALTROHLAU marks for items they purchased in Altrohlau (Austrian Bohemia), and SAXE & SAXONIA marks for items they purchased in Germany, more specific Saxony (and later Thuringia, based on family ties).</p><p><br /></p><p>As you will have noticed I said "purchased in", not "produced". The second myth touching Ahrenfeldt is that he owned "factories", which is wrong. Next to a small decoration studio (!) in Limoges he owned mere trade offices, as can be seen in the corresponding address and trade registers. Reason is an European expression, a twist of tongue, a marketing fib ... and suddenly "my agent/office" became "my factory". </p><p><br /></p><p>I could name original producers, but those are irrelevant in context of Ahrenfeldt-marked goods. And I could go on about the telegraph system. Oh, there is a lot more to this but we are in a FORUM, not a BOOK. Any questions?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Chris Marshall, post: 1579909, member: 206"]First of all, there was not a single factory in Carlsbad as that was (as the name implies) a famous air & water spa. In Europe this fact is pretty well known; the "factory in Carlsbad" myth is probably based on foreign books written by uneducated people like the Kovels (which mis-translated a lot of the material they shamelessly lifted from Roentgen). As we all probably know many hobby publishers with their "collector books" have birthed far worse than that ("[I]Thuringer belonged to Austria[/I]" *LOL!*) etc., so people should simply take notes and move on: Ahrenfeldt used LIMOGES marks on items they purchased in Limoges, ALTROHLAU marks for items they purchased in Altrohlau (Austrian Bohemia), and SAXE & SAXONIA marks for items they purchased in Germany, more specific Saxony (and later Thuringia, based on family ties). As you will have noticed I said "purchased in", not "produced". The second myth touching Ahrenfeldt is that he owned "factories", which is wrong. Next to a small decoration studio (!) in Limoges he owned mere trade offices, as can be seen in the corresponding address and trade registers. Reason is an European expression, a twist of tongue, a marketing fib ... and suddenly "my agent/office" became "my factory". I could name original producers, but those are irrelevant in context of Ahrenfeldt-marked goods. And I could go on about the telegraph system. Oh, there is a lot more to this but we are in a FORUM, not a BOOK. Any questions?[/QUOTE]
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