Business passed down from generation to generation. In 1870 one of his sons, Philippe (1842-1906) took over, and specializes basically the manufacture of ridge caps, In 1888 his son Léon Elchinger (1871-1942) entered in training at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Nancy before returning to Soufflenheim in 1891 where he joined his father's workshop with his brothers, Charles and Victor . Léon redesigns and invents resolutely Art-Nouveau forms. After the Great War Léon becomes aware of the changes necessary for traditional Alsatian pottery, and accomplished The company was taken over in 1936 by his son Fernand Elchinger After six generations the company closed permanently in 2016. Pretty sandstone vase with stylized freehand painted decoration. Beautiful Alsatian shaped piece, emblematic of the A.
