Frederick Christian Mouritzen b. 1862

  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
Architect and pottery entrepreneur was born in 1862 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Mouritzen designed hotels in Boddington, Brookton, and Kunnunoppin. In 1921 he started the Calyx Porcelain and Paint Factory. Mouritzen and George Temple Poole built the Capitol Theatre and the Temple Court Building in William Street, Perth, Western Australia.

Citations

  • Thomson, John D. (1989), 'Calyx, Wembley Ware and Bristile China’, Self, Perth, WA, pages 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 31, 33, 46, 53, 65 and 72.

  • Erickson, Dorothy (2000), 'Inspired by Light and Land: Designers and Makers in Western Australia’, unpublished manuscript.

Initial data sources

  • Western Australian artists, designers & makers (1829-1959)