Overview

Title:	Baudour Porcelain records
Call Number:	Coll162
Creator:	Manufacture de porcelaine de Baudour
Dates:	circa 1960s-1980s
Size:	1 box (.25 linear feet)
Language:	English, French
Abstract:	Binder containing company history, information, price sheets, and photographs of La Manufacture Nationale de Porcelained de Baudour (the Belgian porcelain manufacturer Baudour). All material is undated, but appears to be from the mid to late 20th Century. Contained in the binder is a business card of Rex Eugene Pingle, International Assistant at the First National Bank of Maryland.
Citation:	Baudour Porcelain records, Collection 162, Special Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD).

Administrative/Biographical Note

Engineer Francois DeClercq established the first Baudour porcelain factory in Belgium in 1842. In 1880 the French government awarded the company to the Fuisseaux family. It changed hands numerous times until 1977, when NGK was invited to join Baudour.

Provenance Information

Provenance and Acquisition Information

Source name, date of acquisition, and details of how the records were received are unknown.

Processing Note

Records were retained in their original binder and sleeves. Previously assigned Ms. Coll #16.

Descriptive Rules Used

Describing Archives: a Content Standard (DACS)

Archives Processing Manual: Description (2015): The processing manual used in Special Collections for all descriptive platforms, including PastPerfect.

Access & Use

Finding Aids

Finding Aid: http://library.umbc.edu/speccoll/findingaids/coll162.php

Access Conditions

No restrictions.

Conditions Governing Reproductions and Use

Reproductions allowed for research purposes. Copyright maintained by the creator.

Subject Headings

Creators

Manufacture de porcelaine de Baudour

Subjects

Manufacture de porcelaine de Baudour -- Archives

Porcelain, Belgian