The item is a small, footed porcelain dish, commonly used as an 
open salt cellar, trinket dish, or ring dish. It features a white, lustrous or opalescent finish with gold-colored ball feet.
Key Details
  • Material: Porcelain.
  • Design: Oval-shaped with three gold-toned ball feet. It has an iridescent, lustrous interior finish.
  • Markings: The green backstamp visible in the image is for O. & E.G. Royal Austria (Oscar & Edgar Gutherz).
  • Origin and Age: The O. & E.G. company operated in Altrolau, Bohemia (now Stara Role, Czech Republic). Pieces with this mark typically date to the late 19th or early 20th century, specifically between approximately 1898 and 1918.
  • Use: While often used historically as open salt cellars (small dishes for holding table salt), they can also serve as small bowls for condiments, ring dishes, or general trinket dishes.