This is a lovely vintage or truly antique small bread-size plate that also could be used as a petite serving piece, for condiments. It would make a charming gift for a porcelain collector you know--or to treat yourself!
The flat plate has a raised rim and a slightly fluted shape inside the rim. The plate's base color is ivory, but the background below the yellow roses is pink-ish. The three yellow roses, surrounded by green foliage, encircle about 2/3 of the plate. There is an especially pretty, gold embellishment on the plate's ornately-shaped rim.
This plate is marked Rosenthal-Bavaria, with the crown version of the maker's mark. Some sources I found indicate that this mark dates the piece to1923, but I have not verified this. It is certain to be at some point from the late years of the 19th century to the early part of the 20th century.
The plate measures 6" in diameter and stands about .5" tall.
Condition:
The plate is in overall very good antique / vintage condition. There are no cracks or chips or crazing. The colors and glaze are clean and bright. There are two minor condition issues, which I am describing (and showing in photos) for the sake of complete accuracy:
1. There is a small, faint, gray-ish "smudge" near the center of the plate, which shows in some of the photos. It appears to be under the glaze, so it is NOT a ding or damage or stain--from use. It must have occurred in the manufacture.
2. There is some minor loss of gilt finish, which is quite typical for pieces of this age, to about 25-30% of the rim--almost all on one side of the plate. Photo #7 shows part of the rim with the gilding intact. Photo #8 shows the side of the plate where some of the gilding is worn. None of the gilding loss is very evident, unless you're looking closely and it does not detract from the way the piece displays in a collection.
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