Antique 1890's RS Prussia Delicate Pastel Floral Toothpick Holder

Porcelain : Antique : R.S. Prussia Porcelain : Floral

 

This is an Antique 1890's RS Prussia Delicate Pastel Floral Toothpick Holder. This is a really a lovely and beautiful two (2) Handled Toothpick Holder. It has decoration of soft old fashioned Moss looking Pink Rose colored Roses with Green Leaves around the Blooms. There are shadowed outlines of Leaves with a pale green and a little bit of yellow in the background. It has a Mossy Darker Green with a Fuchsia Pink coloring above the Roses. It is decorated on the back with shadowed Leaves and a little bit of Pink in (3) places. It is marked on the bottom with the Red Mark / a Star & R S Prussia Wreath Mark. This mark dates from circa late 1870's to 1914. It measures 2 & 3/8" tall and measures 3" across the handles. Both the Top of the rims and the Bottom Foot has a scalloped Gold outline with Gold stippling. There is Gold on the Handles as well. We have (2) of these Toothpick Holders available to purchase. The only difference is the mark on the bottom, one of them has the top of the Star cut off and the letter "R", the very top part, corner edge is partiality missing and decoration is not exactly identical, but is very close. These are Guaranteed to be old 1890's Antique Toothpick Holders and are made by the R S Prussia Factory. It is marked with a Green Wreath with rust-red edges, a Red Star at the Top and red lettering of the initials R. S.(inside the wreath ) and Prussia (with a period ) beneath the wreath. The Mark with R S Prussia is for Erdmann Schlegelmilch. In 1869, his brother,Reinhold began manufacturing porcelain in Tillowitz, a town in upper Silesia. The "R S" in R S Prussia was actually named after their Father, Rudolph Schlegelmilch. R S Prussia starting out in Business in 1861, the Factory was located in Suhl, a town located in a region called Thuringia. This Germanic area was once part of Saxony was conquered by another Germanic state, Prussia, circa 1815. Some good information about the R S Prussia mark: Most R S marks appear to to have been applied after the second firing of the porcelain which produced a vitreous (meaning glass-like) glaze. As a result the marks are not "sealed." Although the mark would have been fired again,after it was stamped on the item in order to set it and give it some longevity, such a mark would not be permanent. With the passing of time, marks applied over the glaze in this manner can become quite worn or rubbed off entirely. Upon inspecting pieces which appeared to be unmarked until held up to the light: then a very distinct outline of the mark could be seen.

Item ID: RL-1170
 
Quantity Available: 2

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