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<p>[QUOTE="dgbjwc, post: 379923, member: 308"]I was unable to find any company called Royal Kent. That clues me in that this company may not be very old. The word "Poland" could refer to the pattern or the country of origin. I suspect country of origin is the most likely in this case. The "Royal Kent" was added to imply a relationship to the old potteries in England. The Chinese and Japanese practiced this implied relationship on their labels too. The upshot is I believe your china was produced in Poland sometime after the end of the cold war. </p><p><br /></p><p>In general identifying china made in Poland can drive me a bit crazy. They produce a limited number of shapes which they then decorate in all kinds of different decorations (usually florals). Despite the different decorations the china usually does not have a distinctive pattern name notated on the bottom. The impressed numbers aren't much help. I think you'll find the numbers on the bottom of each piece is a shape number. </p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry I can't give you better information but until more information comes out of Poland I don't think we'll make much progress. It, like most of the china coming out of Poland, is lovely. If you need replacement pieces or want to enlarge your set I would keep an eye on Replacements and on eBay auctions. More pieces should turn up eventually. Best of luck!</p><p>Don[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dgbjwc, post: 379923, member: 308"]I was unable to find any company called Royal Kent. That clues me in that this company may not be very old. The word "Poland" could refer to the pattern or the country of origin. I suspect country of origin is the most likely in this case. The "Royal Kent" was added to imply a relationship to the old potteries in England. The Chinese and Japanese practiced this implied relationship on their labels too. The upshot is I believe your china was produced in Poland sometime after the end of the cold war. In general identifying china made in Poland can drive me a bit crazy. They produce a limited number of shapes which they then decorate in all kinds of different decorations (usually florals). Despite the different decorations the china usually does not have a distinctive pattern name notated on the bottom. The impressed numbers aren't much help. I think you'll find the numbers on the bottom of each piece is a shape number. Sorry I can't give you better information but until more information comes out of Poland I don't think we'll make much progress. It, like most of the china coming out of Poland, is lovely. If you need replacement pieces or want to enlarge your set I would keep an eye on Replacements and on eBay auctions. More pieces should turn up eventually. Best of luck! Don[/QUOTE]
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