RKG Czechoslovakia

Q: My mom has an old tea set that includes 12 small cups and saucers, a teapot, milk jug, and sugar bowl. The pieces are white with gold rims. My grandmother bought the set in Europe and gave it to my mom many years ago. Most of the pieces are marked "Czechoslovakia 10"  below a crown and the initials "RKG." The mark pictured, with the letters "RKG" in a circle below a crown, is on the bottom of one of the saucers. Can you tell me who made the set?

A: Your mother's tea set was made by Porzellanfabrik Rudolf Kampf of Loucky, Czechoslovakia. The pictured mark, with the initials inside the circle, was used from 1918 to 1945. The mark with the initials under the crown was used from about 1928 to 1939. A porcelain factory operated on the Kampf site, in a town originally called Grunlas, Bohemia, beginning in 1907. It changed hands several times and is still in operation. Porcelain was made there by the Rudolf (Richard) Kampf porcelain factory beginning in 1912, before Grunlas became part of Czechoslovakia in 1918 and was renamed Loucky. The letter "G" stands for the former name of the town. The factory made tea sets, coffee sets, and dinnerware. The factory was nationalized after World War II. New ownership took over in 1992, the year before Czechoslovakia peacefully divided into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The company was sold again in 2006. It is now owned by CS Investment Czech, a holding company. According to the holding company, a line of "premium-class handmade porcelain" is currently being made under the name "Rudolf Kampf."