Epochs

The company’s history can be divided in four epochs.

1800 - 1860	The early earthware Making use of the English "Art of Wedgewood" in Germany for the first time. Implementation of transfer pattern.
1800	sober shapes without patterns
1800 ff.	earthware decorated with intaglio printing spatial sectioning of the "mirror", decorative borders, souvenir plates with urban "vedutas"
1818	products are marked "Zell", 1828: Biedermeier style, lavish decoration, souvenir plate with romantic scenes and richly decorated borders

100 years Zell porcelain 1842 - 1942

products with handle forming the initials of the company's name (J.F.L.). Blossom and branch ornaments coloured pold and grey-purple.

from 1858	awards and medals for "perfection in manufacturing porcelain", lavish flower decoration or rural pictures
1842 - 1942	porcelain für everyday use
1860	creating and producing of the patterns "Alt-Zell" up to shortly before World War II.
1885	unique clock case on the occasion of the building of the Black Forest Railway with lavish decoration, named also second Baroque.
1896	stone printing: the patterns are transferred to the porcelain, thus creating naturalistic, floral and ARt Nouveau themes.
1942	closing production of procelain due to energy shortage in World War II.

1907 - 1990	“Georg Schmider, Vereinigte Keramische Fabrik” since 1898 Karl Schöner creates patterns like „Hahn und Henne“ (rooster and hen) and „Alt Straßburg“ Elisabeth Schmidt-Pecht designs until 1914 patterns like „Favorite“ (also known as “Konstanzer Geschirr” – tableware of Constance).
1911	Alfred Kusche designs “St. Blasien” and plates with quotations as well as “Schwarzwälder Fayencen” – faiences from Black Forest: painted blue yellow under a bluish glaze. Besides this art nouveau vases, wall plates, flower pots and figurines are created.
1926	Bauhaus style: simplified forms, clean-lined designs. Sole decorative ornament: red handles
1946	World War II ceased the upswing. Only monochrome glazed tableware for every day has been produced

Zeller Keramik – today

Classical patterns “Favorite”, “Hahn und Henne” oder “Alt Straßburg” are still produced and largely painted by hand. New patterns representing the modern country-house style like “Fleur de Provence”, “Bella Toscana” complete the range. Named “ono – one nature only” these new patterns are shown the first time at the Frankfurt Fair “Ambiente” in 2007.