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Vintage Altenburg Saxony Germany Teapot, Creamer and Sugar set. The teapot is in excellent condition with no chips or cracks, the creamer is in excellent condition with no chips or cracks, the sugar has flakes on the bottom of the foot all the way around, I am not sure if it was done during production or afterwards. They are all lusterware with raised designs of women on the fronts. The teapot measures 4"3/4 inches tall, the creamer is 4" inches tall and the sugar is 2"1/2 inches tall. Below is information from the internet about the company. Please feel free to ask questions. Make sure you check my other auction items. Buyer to pay shipping and insurance. I ship USPS priority mail. Buyer responsible for making insurance claims to USPS for lost or damaged items. I must receive acknowledgement from winner within 2 days of auctions ending and Payment must be received within 7 days of auctions end. I accept Paypal, Money Orders and Checks. Paypal and money orders ship within 2 days and checks must clear bank before shipping.
[2] : Used from 1906 onwards, registered at the R.W.Z.R. as number '90 622' on September 7th 1906. [2] : Roschützer Porzellanfabrik Unger & Schilde (1882 until 1953) The company of Unger & Schilde also brought specialists from the towns of Gräfenthal and Meuselbach with them, eventually drastically increasing the quality of the products. Based on the knowledge of the new workers the product range now included basic commodities, vases and ornamental plates. Everything started to work out fine until a huge fire broke out during 1886 that nearly totally destroyed the whole factory. But Unger & Schilde were not businessmen who gave up easily and the facility was instantly rebuilt, including every technical improvement that was available at that time. During the years that followed the blaze, the quality and quantity of products quickly improved and by the year 1900 the facility had a workforce of 200 people, not including the children working at home. As a side note it should be mentioned that the children had to stick the handles on to the raw pieces of the coffee or tea sets and were paid mere 6 Pfennig for 100 perfectly fitting handles. Many of the Roschütz town people worked at the facility, but the payment they received was mostly not enough to support a family. Most people had two or even three jobs at a time, resulting in totally overtired workers which had to go through monotone work processes again and again, week for week, resulting in various accidents. The life of a low wages worker was comparable with other families during the period of industrial revolution in England.Around 1913 the factory employed 300 workers but little is known of the following years even if it seems that Karl Unger died around 1920 and Bernhard Schilde continued on his own until he retired. For the year 1930 the records show a number of 250 employees; only 220 were registered for 1937. In 1943 the facility was taken over by Ernst Schilde (possibly Bernhard's son) who lived directly next door to the facility with his wife and their granddaughter, who often played around the facility. No further events or changes are recorded until the founding of the German Democratic Republic, an event that equally disturbed many families and industrials. Opposing to the political front against private industrials and under additional pressure from the now nearly allmighty state machinery, Ernst Schilde decided to flee from East Germany in 1952.
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