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<p>[QUOTE="Chris Marshall, post: 6406480, member: 206"]Reading this implies that the german producer Rosenthal still exists. What you see today is the BRAND Rosenthal, owned by the italian Sambonet Paderno (who have Rosenthal-branded items produced in Italy and elsewhere, including China). All archive material re:Rosenthal was in 2009/2010 taken over by the national german Porzellanikon museum, meaning that questions or requests come with a price tag; it may also take up to two years for them to answer (as per their terms of service). </p><p><br /></p><p>Read as: Rosenthal today is a hollow shell and many employees know nothing about its former product history, on the other hand two years back a salesperson from a "Rosenthal Studio Line" branded store in Germany could still help me out. You'd have to be really lucky to get in touch with somebody who knows his/her stuff, especially as the item in question was made at the Thomas factory; not everything done there was known at Rosenthal HQ (for various reasons).</p><p><br /></p><p>So, fingers crossed and Good Luck![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Chris Marshall, post: 6406480, member: 206"]Reading this implies that the german producer Rosenthal still exists. What you see today is the BRAND Rosenthal, owned by the italian Sambonet Paderno (who have Rosenthal-branded items produced in Italy and elsewhere, including China). All archive material re:Rosenthal was in 2009/2010 taken over by the national german Porzellanikon museum, meaning that questions or requests come with a price tag; it may also take up to two years for them to answer (as per their terms of service). Read as: Rosenthal today is a hollow shell and many employees know nothing about its former product history, on the other hand two years back a salesperson from a "Rosenthal Studio Line" branded store in Germany could still help me out. You'd have to be really lucky to get in touch with somebody who knows his/her stuff, especially as the item in question was made at the Thomas factory; not everything done there was known at Rosenthal HQ (for various reasons). So, fingers crossed and Good Luck![/QUOTE]
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