Pottery & porcelain
Metzler & Ortloff marks
Germany · 1873–1975 · 29 marks.
- Active years
- 1873–1975
- Country
- Germany
- Products
- figurines, porcelain, tableware
- Marks
- 29
Dated marks & timeline
29 marks
1923–1972
MO
Source describes the blue version as used after 1923 until 1972.
blue · porcelain · Germany
Undated
Metzler & Ortloff Underglaze East Germany
underglaze · porcelain · East Germany
Inscribed UNDERGLAZE .
Undated
DDR MO
label · porcelain · East Germany
East German sticker inscribed Kunstporzellan Aus Der DDR.
Marks 25–29
About Metzler & Ortloff
The Ilmenau porcelain factory began as Höhn & Metzler in 1873. Adolf Höhn withdrew in 1875 and Hugo Ortloff joined, forming Metzler & Ortloff. It made tableware, apothecary wares, figurines, dolls and doll parts, later expanding its decorative products. The factory was nationalized in 1959, transferred to the Lichte porcelain factory in 1968 and closed in 1975.