Emden Company

Its full name was the Royal Prussian Asiatic Company in Emden to Canton and China (Königlich Preußische Asiatische Compagnie in Emden nach Canton und China), but it was generally known by the shorter name.

One of the major shareholders was the banking and trading house Splitgerber & Daumin Berlin.

Although the small company was very successful, never losing any of its four ships, the business was destroyed by the outbreak of the Seven Years' War and the occupation of Emden by French troops in 1757 during the Invasion of Hanover.

'Chinese porcelain shipped by the Royal Prussian Asian Company of Emden.

Chinese Porcelain and Tea in North-West Germany, Ostfriesisches Landesmuseum Emden, 2015.