3 Pairs of Rare Winterling Marktleuthen Bavaria 24ct Gold Gilded Cups & Saucers

  

Three Pairs of Rare Vintage (1950s) German Winterling Marktleuthen Bavaria (Pattern 1 1 6) 24ct Gold Gilded Cups & Saucers. Superb rare collectible Winterling (pattern 1 16) pieces. Please browse all 12 sets of photographs attached for size, weight and condition as they are self explanatory.

All are in perfect condition except one saucer that has a non malignant hairline crack. Please refer to the last photograph for details. This piece is perfectly useable and the hairline is not noticeable unless you look for it. Bavaria is a region within today's Germany, near Austria and Switzerland. For several centuries, Bavaria has produced exquisite porcelain items that are highly collectible today. Fine white china must be made from a clay mineral called kaolin, and outside of China and France, Bavaria is one of the few areas that has mass deposits of this clay, also known as china clay or kaolinite. The earliest Bavarian china factory was founded in 1794. The Royal Bayreuth company made plates, tea cups, pitchers and figurines. Other Bavarian china companies, such as Johann Haviland, Winterling and Hutschenreuther, have operations that are more than a century old. The esteemed company was started by seven Winterling brothers in Röslau, Bavaria.

It was founded as Gebrüder Winterling O. Ten years later they took over Oscar Schaller porcelain factory located in Schwarzenbach. In 1950 the business was turned into a joint-stock company. In 1954 they started another factory in Bruchmühlbach.

Sadly the Winterling Porzellan A. Fell into financial difficulties and finally ceased trading in the year 2000. The factory was taken over by Triptis Porzellan G.

New owner was in trouble itself and lost solvency in 2004. Winterling pieces are highly collectible.