1.   And the famed Sevres porcelain factory is still a state-owned institution.

2.   Alarmed, he wrote to the Meissen porcelain factory in East Germany, asking its director to testify that he was a collector.

3.   For royalty, having a porcelain factory was a great prestigious thing, like having a stable of fine race horses.

4.   He was offered the opportunity to help bail out the porcelain factory.

5.   Leas and Perrinses served as mayors of Worcester, and a Perrins rescued the Royal Worcester porcelain factory from ruin.

6.   This is not just any porcelain factory.

7.   Why all the fuss over an aging porcelain factory?

8.   Without any royal or state backing, each porcelain factory had to make a profit to survive.

9.   The Sri Lankan authorities struggled to restore confidence among badly shaken foreign investors after a three-week strike at a Japanese joint-venture porcelain factory ended Wednesday.