Coffee service with African decoration Steatite, circa 1960.

porcelain, enamel paint, scratching technique, gilding; coffee pot (height 22 cm), milk jug (height 13.5 cm), sugar bowl (height 12 cm), 6 cups (height 6.2 cm), 6 saucers (12.5 x 9 cm) and 6 dessert plates (15 x 13.5 cm); printed silver mark: "Steatite / ZB / Katowice / Hand-painted". Good state of preservation. Wytwórnia Wyrobów Ceramicznych "Steatyt" Zygmunt Buksowicz, Katowice, ca. 1960. Lit.: B. Banaś "Wytwórnia Wyrobów Ceramicznych Steatyt w Katowicach", National Museum in Wrocław, Wrocław, 2015, pp. 84-85. The above service was purchased by the parents of the present owner in the early 1960s.