KWIATOGAL in Warsaw and KAROLINA in Jaworzyna Slaska, Coffee service set with geometric black and white decoration and gilding

porcelain, enamel black, gilt (slightly rubbed),
glued ear of one cup with edge fragments, candy dish lid missing;
signatures: on dishes (except cups) printed in red enamel: "CEPELIA" / Kwiatogal / Hand-painted (on 1 saucer printed in violet), on saucers and cups in black enamel handwritten: Z.S., on creamer and : Z.S./ F.3, on sugar bowl and pitcher: Z. Sznebel / F.2 (initials of the author of the decoration); on all dishes painted in black the under-glaze mark of the porcelain manufacturer, with the inscription left: MADE IN POLAND, under-glaze signature legible on one saucer: under the tripartite crown the inscription Karolina framed in two semicircles, below: MADE IN POLAND;
porcelain: Poland, Karolina Table Porcelain Manufactory in Jaworzyna Slaska and Kwiatogal People's and Artistic Industry Cooperative in Warsaw (decoration), 1960s.
The set consists of a pitcher with lid, sugar bowl (without lid), creamer and 7 cups with saucers. The vessels have slender forms, the cups are conical, the saucers are flat with black collars; around the bowls and bellies of the vessels are black vertical stripes with thin lines alternating with white stripes with gold lines; the interiors of the cups, edges, ears and spouts are gilded. Decoration of dishes made in cooperative Kwiatogal, operating in Warsaw since 1950, associated in CEPELIA, founded for production of artificial flowers (flowers + gallantry = Kwiatogal ), since 1951 decorating white porcelain from contemporary factories.