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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Does anyone know what Made in GOR on the back of a dish means?
« on: January 31, 2007, 05:00:09 pm »
Thanks so much for your help Tim. I really appreciate it. Pat
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I knew I had seen the mark, I just couldn't remember where:
Germany / Thuringia / Wallendorf:
Today, Wallendorf is part of the city of Lichte.
Production dates back to 1764 and went through many changes. Your mark dates from 1964 with "Made In GDR" or German Democratic Republic being added
V.E.B. Schaubach Kunst Lichte-Wallendorf (1953 until 1990)
During 1953, the facility was nationalized and renamed in 'V.E.B. Schaubach Kunst Lichte-Wallendorf'. The acronym V.E.B. with or without punctuation stands for the term Volkseigener Betrieb which can ironically be translated as company of the people but really stands for the form of nationalized and therefore state owned East German companies during the time of the German Democratic Republic.
Thanks to the web site of Chris Marshall http://www.porcelainmarksandmore.com/index.php
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