The first thing to note in regards to Adolf's dinnerware is that it became available 8-10 years ago in one huge set of over 300 pieces or more. They appeared out of nowhere and the original asking price for the entire setting was 30,000 U.S. These pieces sat for some time on one dealer site, and then they were spread out to two other dealers in pieces and sets, these dealers pieced them out for various prices as attributed to Adolf Hitler and a gift from Allach porcelain.

 

This would have been a very large setting and I would guess some could say maybe on his 50th birthday, but the list of gifts states nothing about a huge Allach dinner set, and if it were in April of 1939, the use of gold leaf would still have been allowed. One would think that a gift to the Fuehrer would be top notch and no expense spared. This is just not the case.

Another notable question is the use of transfers (decals) The only pieces that utilized transfers under Allach were commercial Juhlfest plates, never presentations and a presentation to the top would surely secure special considerations. The use of transfers gets even more interesting as there appear to be two different variants of the transfer. One is a raised eagle with a bold gold finish and has the initials A.H attached to the wingtips a good looking piece.

The second variant transfer is a flattened dull gold eagle where the initials are detached from the wingtips and in some cases both transfer variants can over run into the plate itself as opposed to being fit to the rim. So why would one large dinner set have 2 variant transfers, one of higher quality than the other?

The other interesting thing to note is the porcelain itself, it would appear that the pieces with the higher quality transfer are also higher quality porcelain, but the porcelain is more suited to Rosenthal than Allach as it has a distinctive off-white hue and is pretty good quality, but it does not conform to original Allach dinnerware.

The porcelain on the pieces with the dull eagle transfer is bright white, just like Allach, but the quality does not compare and it is very light and translucent when held up to the light, more like some kind of inexpensive tableware. So now we have the use of two different style transfers and the use of two different porcelains within one presentation set, neither of which resemble Allach why?

The really interesting thing about these pieces, is that even though they involve the use of 2 transfers and 2 types of porcelain they bear the exact maker mark. This maker mark although textbook in appearance it entirely inconsistent with any other Allach piece manufactured for their entire 9 year existence. Including dinnerware!.

The marking is not consistent at all with Allach, it is green I will give it that. But it sits high and over the base of the piece on close examination and bears an almost paint like application. It is a mystery to me as to why this mark has not shown itself on any other fakes, except if you take into consideration it would throw flags all over the place.

When you look at the piece themselves they appear to be period style deco pieces, but the detail is lacking to such a degree, that it really begs to question whether Allach played a role in their manufacture at all.

 

Not one period picture, process of manufacture for Allach even during war time was consistent. It never really deviated in quality or marking. The liberation of Dachau in direct proximity to Allach has been documented, and the liberators had a field day busting glass and taking war booty of every thing that was not nailed down. Spoon, knives, plates, bowls, flags. Yet? we are expected to believe that 300 pieces of dinnerware manufactured for Adolf Hitler was left inside this little building for 50 years to be found and sold on the web out of the blue.

 

 

 

So to date, we have four different styles of porcelain, three different maker marks, two different styles of transfers, none of which are consistent with Allach and all purport to be from one set of 300. There must be 700 pieces out there and I am of the opinion its all bad.

Adolf Hitler Dinnerware