Sammel tasse ?

Since moving to Germany I have started collecting these wonderful tea cups with matching saucers and plates from the second hand shops here. I ran into a lady yesterday that told me there was a wonderful history behind it, something about after the war, ladies would bring their own over to friends houses for coffee and such. I can not find anything on line about this history or tradition that she is talking about. Do any of you know anything about it? Much Peace

Actually, the "sammeltasse" is something that back in the olden days was given to Girls and young women for birthdays and such, so when they where old enough to get married they had a full set.
Since they where expensive, they would only get one for birthday so imagine it took a while to get a full set. (in germany much more than just 4 settings)

It is actually Sammeltasse as one word and is a make of German porcelain, this site gives examples

http://www.germandeli.com/pp001.html

Cheers

Steve