Apart from a single ceramic monument, nothing in Hilversum reminds us of the existence of the highly successful Plateelbakkerij 'Delft' between 1902 and 1923, which was also known internationally as the Briegleb factory. The originally German industrialist Otto Briegleb, who also owned the Ripolin paint factory on the Laarderweg in Hilversum, managed to expand his company, originally founded as a factory of Delft blue tiles, into a very important producer of tiles, tile plates and tile pictures. At the 1905 World Exhibition in Liège and the 1906 World Exhibition in Milan, the PBD attracted great public interest with its tile pictures. The Dutch Tile Museum in Otterlo presents a number of tile pictures by the PBD, but because of the unique loan from Bert-Jan Baas, the Goedewaagen Ceramics Museum has by far the most extensive collection. Read more about Plateelbakkerij 'Delft' - Part 1 " and Read more about Plateelbakkerij 'Delft' - Part 2 "
