White, Red & Gold Colditz Porcelain Tea Trio Linen Probably manufactured during the 1970’s

Probably manufactured during the 1970’s from clear glass

as part of their Old Britain Castles series

The domed lid is fitted with a handle finial

The factory was located in the district called Foley between Fenton & Longton

White, Red & Gold Colditz Porcelain Tea Trio Linen Probably manufactured during the 1970’sWhite Colditz clay was already used prior to 1730 as one of Boettger porcelain (Meissen) ingredients. In 1804 Colditz Thomsberger & Hermann established a ceramics factory. Mass producing porcelain started in this East German city after 1948, when communist authorities decided to establish a factory here; VEB Porzellanwerk Colditz. In 1969 it was transformed into VEB Porzellancombinat Colditz, which lasted until the fall of the Wall. After German