Helena Wolfsohn Dresden Hand Painted Floral & Gold Scrollwork Cup & Saucer A
Nice
antique late 19th century porcelain cup and saucer with floral
scrollwork relief molded design with gold gilt highlights. Hand painted
with pink, purple, blue, yellow, and orange flowers. Gold gilding along
the edge and to the outside of the handle. Has a gold flower mark
obscuring the original manufacturer's mark. This can be seen if you hold
it up to a bright light. The manufacturer's mark is an MR France in
green used by Martial Redon in Limoges. Also marked on the bottom with a
blue crown D overglaze decorator's mark used by Helena Wolfsohn in
Dresden Germany between 1886 and 1891. Also has a retailer/importer mark
for Bailey Banks & Biddle Philadelphia in red.
Has some wear to the gilding, but otherwise good condition. No chips or cracks.
The cup measures approximately 3 3/4 inches wide including the handle x 2 3/8 inches tall.
The saucer measures approximately 4 3/4 inches wide.
This is an antique and may have small in manufacture defects that do not affect the display of the piece.
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