Tea service by Carl Knoll for Carlsbad porcelain (Karlovy Vary). 9 cups and 9 saucers, one big teapot , sugar pot and milk pot from 1882 as indicated by the two figures 82 in the bottom of the saucers. Hand painted with gilded motives. One more saucer and one more cup ( without holder) will be added. Hardpaste porcelain of good quality very well known for porcelain amateurs.the gilt decoration is affected, in some part, by the time. In 1842, Carl Knoll bought lands and factory where he built a kaolin washing plant for the porcelain factories in Karlovy Vary. Soon it became very famous factory for spa cups, porcelain figures, and dinnerware for the local hotels.