Decorative cast iron work garden vase, Komarov Iron Works, 19th century
The Iron Works at Komarov near Horovice pushed successfully
through with their products in the first third of 19th
century when the Horovice estates and the metallurgical
works in Komarov were in possession of the count Rudolf
Vrbna (1761-1823) and subsequently of his son Eugen (1786-
1848).
In the second half of 19th century, the iron works in
Komarov were bought by the prince Vilem of Hanau and the
one-hundred-year lasting tradition of production of artistic
cast iron was crowned by installing the so-called Hanavsky
pavillon at the Jubilee Exhibition in Prague in 1891. In the
early 20th century, the Enterprise was bought by the
Viennese firm C.T.Pezold and the iron works started with the
engineering production.
The foundry museum in Komarov,
currently administered by iron works in Buzuluk, shows in
its permanent exhibition products of its one-hundred-year
lasting production. More than 130 exhibits were lent here
from the collections of artistic cast iron of the National
Technical Museum in Prague.
