Metzler & Ortloff - Ceramic Maker / Designer

The originator of the factory was merchant Adolf Höhn, who was looking for partners for the porcelain factory. He eventually found the brothers Rudolf and Robert Metzler from the town of Sonneberg. The Höhn & Metzler company was founded in 1873 in Ilmenau, Thuringia, but the first few years were so difficult that Adolf Höhn withdrew from the business in 1875 and was replaced by Hugo Ortloff.