Vintage Porcelain Bowl with Nouveau Floral Transfer

Porcelain

 

This serving bowl is a delicious color combination of white with warm cocoa brown, rich olive & teal greens, a hint of chartreuse and kisses of deep magenta pink!

The design features four white orchids between which are stylized 5 petal flower shadows (we've been told this is a very art nouveau-art deco cusp design element). The design is made up of teeny tiny dots indicating this is a transfer piece. Often times transfer ware was accented with hand-painting, that seems to be the case here with the deep olive green lines encircling the flowers.

Many of the leaves and some of the stamen are smudged, and off-center of the white base outline, this is a manufacturing flaw.

There is gilding along the rim of the bowl which is worn, indicating this bowl was most likely (actually) used in it's former life.

The bowl is 9.5" across, and stands 2.25" high. The base is 4.5" across. The bottom is stamped Germany circled around a "3" in a reddish brown tone.

This has no cracks or chips, and although it is not perfect, it certainly is a beautiful piece.

Item ID: CW-T-002