VINTAGE ALKA BAVARIA (1950's) FINE PORCELAIN ROUGE ROYALE WITH GOLD CHINTZ SWEETS/BON BON TRAY - RUBIN SERIES
ALKA BAVARIA (ALBOTH and KAISER) IS A GERMAN BAVARIAN FINE PORCELAIN MANUFACTURER WITH A LONG HISTORY OF PRODUCING SOME OF THE FINEST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL PORCELAIN ITEMS IN THE WORLD. THE COMPANY WAS BEGUN IN 1872 BY AUGUST ALBOTH AND WAS JOINED BY HIS SON ERNST. IN 1899 ERNST TOOK OVER THE COMPANY AND AUGUST DIED IN 1908 ERNST HAD TWO CHILDREN, SON WILLY WHO BECAME A MANAGER OF THE COMPANY IN 1925 AND DAUGHTER ERNA WHO MARRIED THE MUNICH BANKER GEORG KAISER IN 1922 AND HE THEN JOINED THE COMPANY AS A MANAGER IN 1923. AFTER THE DEATH OF ERNST ALBOTH IN 1927 WILLY ALBOTH AND GEORG KAISER DECIDED TO CHANGE THE COMPANY NAME TO "AL-KA"
THIS EXCEPTIONAL FINE PORCELAIN SWEETS / BON BON TRAY WAS MANUFACTURED DURING THE 1950's AND IS AN IDEAL EXAMPLE OF THE SUPERIOR QUALITY AND BEAUTY OF FINE PORCELAIN ITEMS THAT EMERGED FROM THIS MANUFACTURER. A DISH / TRAY WITH A SCALLOPED RIM AND HANDLES CRAFTED AS PART OF THE RIM ALL LAVISHLY DECORATED IN EXTENSIVE GOLD A GORGEOUS GOLD CHINTZ PATTERN OF LEAFY FLOWERS HAS BEEN CREATED AROUND A ROUGE ROYALE RED VERGE. THE ITEM IS SPECTACULAR
STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE DISH/TRAY IS STAMPED UNDERNEATH - "ALKA BAVARIA, RUBIN W"
LINKS/EXAMPLES ETC : A SIMILAR ITEM BY ALKA BAVARIA AND A LINK ASSISTING IN IDENTIFYING AND DATING THE MANUFACTURERS MARK
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CONDITION : THE ITEM IS IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO CRAZING, DAMAGES, CRACKS OR CHIPS
SIZE : 3.2cm HEIGHT.....21cm HANDLE EDGE TO HANDLE EDGE.....12.4cm WIDTH
POSTAGE : Collection Possible. Postage method is Buyers Choice
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This item may be combined with ANY other items up to 5kg for ONE standard postage fee
