Friedrich Wilhelm Wessel founded a porcelain factory in Frankenthal, Germany, in 1949. The business began on September 1, 1949, with only four production workers. However, it was soon so successful that the number of employees grew to 150 in 1953. The factory produced porcelain figurines richly decorated with lace, as well as utility and industrial porcelain. The factory was not affiliated with the famous Wessel manufactory in Bonn.
For a short time, the Wessel's factory used a historic Frankenthal porcelain mark CT, but soon lost a lawsuit to the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory and had to stop using this mark in 1952. There was also trouble over the use of the words 'Dresden', 'Dresden Art' or 'Dresdner Art' in their marks. The manufactory had no connection with Dresden, either as the location of the decoration workshop or in terms of style.
For the production of figures, the company used its own models, but also those that Wessel had purchased from the Volkstedt-Rudolstadt porcelain factories in Thuringia and Passau-Innstadt.
The company went out of business before 1964.
