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RARE ANTIQUE 1920's LOT/SET OF RKW BAVARIAN FINE PORCELAIN CAKE PLATE AND TWO MATCHING SIDE PLATES
DECORATED IN THE POPULAR SCOTTISH THISTLE WITH THE USE OF BRILLIANT PINKS AND MUTED PURPLES TO PORTRAY THE BLOSSOMS, ALONG WITH GREEN VARIETIES DEPICTING LEAVES AND STEMS, THE PATTERN IS EXQUISITELY FRAMED AROUND THE VERGES OF EACH ITEM BY THE PRESENCE OF MAGNIFICENT AND VISUALLY SPECTACULAR GOLD FLASH PATTERNS SET UPON A SKY BLUE AND PASTEL GREEN BACKGROUND
THE RKW CERAMIC WORKS HAS A LONG HISTORY WHICH CAN BE TRACED BACK TO 1881 FROM THE HUMBLE BEGINNINGS OF ITS FOUNDER RUDOLF WACHTER, WHO WORKED AS A DECORATOR AT GEBRUDER SCHOENAU UNTIL HAVING GAINED THE EXPERIENCE HE FELT NECESSARY , STRUCK OUT ON HIS OWN WHILE TAKING MANY OF THE EMPLOYEES FROM GEBRUDER WITH HIM. AFTER THE COMPANY HAD SUCCESSFULLY RUN FOR DECADES MANUFACTURING SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND PRIZED PORCELAIN THAT EUROPE HAD EVER SEEN, IT RAN INTO FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES FROM WHICH IT COULD NOT RECOVER AND CLOSED IN 1973
THE LOT / SET CONSISTS OF A CAKE PLATE OR LARGE DINNER PLATE AND TWO MATCHING SIDE PLATES, ALL OF WHICH CAN BE USED DECORATIVELY AS WELL -
1)- ONE CAKE PLATE - 3cm HEIGHT.....16cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....27cm DIAMETER OF RIM
2)- TWO (2) SIDE PLATES EACH - 2cm HEIGHT.....11.5cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....19.4cm DIAMETER OF RIM
STAMPS/MARKS ETC : EACH ITEM IS STAMPED UNDERNEATH - "RKW, BAVARIA, 10, 11"
LINKS/EXAMPLES ETC :
https://www.porcelainmarksandmore.com/germany/bavaria/kirchenlamitz-02/index.php
CONDITION : ALL THREE ITEMS ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION HAVING NO CRAZING, DAMAGES, CHIPS OR CRACKS ETC
SIZE : AS DESCRIBED ABOVE
ONE BID FOR ALL THREE ITEMS AS A LOT/SET
POSTAGE : Postage method is Buyers Choice
SAPO R60 A Courier service is also available upon request
This LOT/SET may be combined with ANY other items up to 5kg for ONE standard postage fee with SAPO and 10kgs with Courier
COURIER OR COLLECTION ARE STRONGLY ADVISED DUE TO NATURE, VALUE AND SIZE OF ITEMS ONCE PACKAGED