WAECHTERSBACH !! Set of Four Antique (19th C) German Porcelain Decorative Plates

SET OF FIVE ANTIQUE WAECHTERSBACH PORCELAIN DECORATIVE PLATES 

"WAECHTERSBACH CERAMICS IS A GERMAN CERAMICS MANUFACTURER IN BRACHTTAL NEAR WACHTERSBACH WHICH WAS FOUNDED IN 1832 BY PRINCE ADOLF OF YSENBURG AND BUDINGEN OF ISENBERG-WACHTERSBACH.  DURING THE EARLY 19th CENTURY WAECHTERSBACH INTRODUCED ART NOUVEAU STYLE CERAMICS"

THIS PARTICULAR SET OF PORCELAIN DECORATIVE PLATES WAS MANUFACTURED BY WAECHTERSBACH IN THE 1850's AND IS CRAFTED WITH MILDLY FLUTED SIDES AND DECORATED WITH DEPICTIONS OF GERMAN LANDSCAPE SETTINGS WITH CASTLES SET INTO THE SCENERY.  THE VERGES OF EACH PLATE ARE DECORATED WITH A BEAUTIFUL ARRANGEMENT OF SIX FLORAL BOUQUETS ALTERNATING AROUND THE SIDES AT SPACED INTERVALS.

THE LOT CONSISTS OF 4 DINNER PLATE SIZE ITEMS AND 1 SANDWICH SIZE ITEM

NONE OF THESE DECORATIVE PLATES ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION.  THE SANDWICH PLATE HAS 2 CHIPS AT THE BACK WHILE THE DINNER PLATE SIZES CONTAINS CHIPS AT THE BACK ALSO (1 HAS BEEN REPAIRED AND THE HAIRLINE IS VISIBLE).  THEY ARE ALL FOR DECORATIVE PURPOSES ONLY AND ARE MERELY COLLECTABLE DUE TO THEIR ADVANCED AGE (150 YRS OLD).  WAECHTERSBACH CEASED PRODUCING ITEMS OF THIS NATURE IN THE 1800's

STAMPS/MARKS ETC : EACH ITEM IS STAMPED AT THE BACK WITH THE "WAECHTERSBACH" NAME AND ROYAL CREST

THESE ARE VERY RARE ITEMS AND ARE NOT AVAILABLE ANYWHERE ON THE INTERNET

CONDITION : AS DESCRIBED ABOVE

SIZE : SANDWICH PLATE -- 2.5cm HEIGHT.....19.6cm DIAMETER

          DINNER PLATES EACH -- 2.8cm HEIGHT.....24cm DIAMETER

ONE BID FOR ALL FIVE AS A SET

POSTAGE : Collection Possible.      Postage method is Buyers Choice

                   SAPO R50             

                   This SET may be combined with ANY other items up to 5kg for ONE standard postage fee

TWO OF THESE PLATES HAVE CHIPS/REPAIRS VISIBLE FROM THE FRONT. THE OTHER THREE HAVE CHIPS WHICH ARE VISIBLE AT THE BACK