BEING OFFERED FOR SALE IN OUR ONLINE STORE AT THIS TIME IS THIS EXQUISITE, ANTIQUE, FIVE PIECE, HAND PAINTED, PORCELAIN DRESSER SET.  IT CONSISTS OF A LARGE TWO HANDLED UNDER TRAY, A SMALL PIN TRAY, A TWO HANDLED, COVERED AND FOOTED POWDER JAR, AN OBLONG COVERED BOX AND A HAT PIN HOLDER.

 THE ARTIST, HELGA A. ONG, WHO SIGNED EACH PIECE, CHOSE DIFFERENT BLANKS FROM DIFFERENT FACTORIES AND DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND HAND PAINTED THEM AS A SET.

 SHE CHOSE PASTEL SHADINGS OF YELLOW, GREEN, PINK, RED, BLUE AND BROWN TO CREATE A MULTIPLE CLUSTERED FLORAL AND LEAF DESIGN.  THE FLORAL CENTERS ARE DELICATE RED, PURPLE, AND YELLOW AND HIGHLIGHTED BY DOTS OF WHITE ENAMEL.  THE ARTIST'S FINAL TOUCH OF ENHANCEMENT TO THE SET WAS THE HEAVY GOLD TRIM OF THE HANDLES, FEET, BORDERS AND FINIAL.

 THE LARGE RECTANGULAR UNDER TRAY, WITH EXTENDED SIDES, MEASURES 16 1/2 INCHES LONG X 10 1/4 INCHES WIDE.  IT HAS TWO PIERCED HANDLES AND IS MARKED "BAVARIA" ON THE UNDERSIDE.

 THE SMALLER OCTAGONAL SIDED PIN TRAY MEASURES 6 1/4 INCHES LING X 3 1/4 INCHES WIDE.  IT BEARS THE "LIMOGES, W.G.&CO., FRANCE," GREEN MARK UNDERGLAZE, CA 1900-1932.

 THE COVERED POWDER JAR HAS THREE "C" SCROLL FEET; TWO PIERCED HANDLES AND A TWO LEAF FINIAL/HANDLE ON THE COVER.  IT MEASURES 4 INCHES HIGH AND 5 1/2 INCHES IN DIAMETER.  IT BEARS THE LIMOGES "GDA/FRANCE" MARK #1 IN GREEN UNDERGLAZE, 1900-1941.

 THE OBLONG COVERED BOX MEASURES 7 1/2 INCHES LONG X 3 1/4 INCHES WIDE X 2 1/4 HIGH.  IT BEARS THE GREEN MARK UNDERGLAZE: "O.&E.G., ROYAL AUSTRIA."  THIS WAS USED BY OSCAR & EDGAR GUTHERZ MFS. IN BOHEMIA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1899-1918.

 THE HAT PIN HOLDER MEASURES 5 3/4 INCHES HIGH.  THE DIAMETER AT THE BASE IS 3 1/4 INCHES AND AT THE TOP 1 3/4 INCHES.  IT BEARS THE GREEN MARK UNDERGLAZE "MZ, AUSTRIA" USED BY MORITZ ZDEKAUER IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1900-1938.  IT ALSO HAS THE INCISED NUMBER "1267."

 CONDITION REPORT: THERE IS A POORLY REPAIRED LOSS OF GOLD, OR RIM CHIP ON THE TOP OF THE HAT PIN HOLDER.  PLEASE SEE PICTURE GALLERY FOR DETAIL.  THIS FLAW SHOULD NOT BE A SIGNIFICANT STRIKE AGAINST THE EXCELLENT CONDITION OF THIS RARE, COMPLETE SET OF FIVE MATCHING AND ARTIST SIGNED PIECES.

 THE ARTIST HELGA A. ONG HAS SIGNED EACH PIECE IN THIS SET: "H. ONG."  SHE HAD HER OWN PROFESSIONAL DECORATING STUDIO IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.  IN ALAN B. REED'S BOOK "COLLECTOR'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PICKARD CHINA," COPYRIGHT,1995, HELGA A. ONG IS LISTED IN THE "APPENDIX B. LISTING OF ALL CHICAGO CHINA DECORATING STUDIOS" IN THE CLASSIFIED PORTION OF THE CHICAGO CITY DIRECTORIES "CHINA DECORATOR" 1914-1916.

 HERE IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO FIND---AND PURCHASE---AN ANTIQUE DRESSER SET WITH THIS MANY MATCHING PIECES, EACH SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, WHOSE WORK IS OF THE FINEST QUALITY AND DETAIL.  EQUALLY RARE TO FIND A SET OF THIS SIZE, AGE, AND QUALITY IN THIS EXCELLENT CONDITION!!

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