page_title: Sigmund von Haimhausen
section_title: Porcelain
hierarchical_section_title: Sigmund von Haimhausen / Porcelain
caption_attribution_description: Franz Anton Bustelli: Büste des Grafen Sigmund von Haimhausen, Modell von 1761 (Sockel: Dominikus Auliczek zugeschrieben, um 1763) Porzellanmanufaktur Nymphenburg Bayerisches Nationalmuseum München, Inv. Nr. Ker 4369
context_page_description: Sigmund von Haimhausen was a Bavarian aristocrat, mining operator, head of the Bavarian Mint and Mines commission, porcelain manufacturer and first president of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences.
context_section_description: Starting in 1747, with the support of the Elector Max III Joseph, there were unsuccessful attempts to produce high-quality porcelain in the Neudeck hunting lodge in Miunich's  suburb of Au.
  The Elector gave up funding the venture, but Haimhausen took over management and invested about 10,000 Bavarian Gulden in the enterprise from 1751-55.
  In 1753 he employed the skilled manufacturer Joseph Jakob Ringler, and the first porcelain was produced in 1754.
  On 30 May 1754 the factory was incorporated into the Bavarian state system, and made a department of the Mint and Mining Commission headed by Haimhausen.
  In 1754 the factory hired Franz Anton Bustelli from Ticino in Switzerland as head of the modelling shop. 
  He became model master, and contributed greatly to the early success of the factory.
  In 1761 the "Churfürstliche Porcelain-Fabrique" (Electoral Porcelain Factory) was transferred to the  Nymphenburg Palace in Munich.
  After some difficulties, the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory became successful and delivered high-quality products.
  The factory was best known for its Rococo figures, including Bustelli's Chinese and Turkish figures, and his models of sixteen characters from the commedia dell'arte. Bustelli's successor Dominik Auliczek (1734-1804) was known for groups of fighting animals, such as one of a bear being attacked by hounds. The factory did not make much tableware, but the "Haimhausen" and "Electoral Court" services are excellent, richly decorated in floral sprays, butterflies and other insects.
  The elector awarded Haimhausen a medal for his achievements.
caption: Bust by Franz Anton Bustelli of Sigmund von Haimhausen (1761) from the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory
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