Shafer and Vater succeeded because they made the kinds things few other companies would even attempt.

It looks like Wedgwood, but it Shafer & Vater, and still very collectible.

By the end of the 19th Century, the porcelain business in Germany was really booming. The Industrial Revolution had created a huge, ravenous middle class in Europe and America, and smart companies aimed right for this growing market.

This was the heyday for many mid-line European porcelain companies like Carl Shuman (CS), Zeh Scherzer (ZS), Carl Tilsch (CT), and all the Schlegelmilch companies, RS and ES, in Thuringia, Silesia, Poland, and the high-end factory in Prussia.