DESCRIPTION: The coupe soup bowls were decorated by a talented artist. The color palette used is pink, blue, yellow, green, red & black on white w/gold. The flower sprays are bright and eye-catching and is on the high white of the porcelain. The center spray is larger and contains a fenced area. The rim is trimmed in a band of bold gold. See the photos.
CONDITION: While this decorative set of 4 coupe soup bowls is classified as used, its condition is superb. We can find no defects or damage. There are no chips, nicks, cracks, rubbings, scratches, crazing or hairlines. There is no wear to the gold or the colors. See the photos to judge for yourself.
DIMENSIONS: This coupe soup bowls have a diameter of 7 1/8” with a height of 1 7/16".
HISTORY/MARKS: Though Charles Ahrenfeldt (1807-94) was born in Lubeck, Germany, he began importing porcelain into New York City in 1831 to his business located on Park Row. He was most likely the first importer of Bohemian porcelain into the US. During the 1840’s he moved to Paris where he had a decorating studio. Between 1859 and the late 1860’s he opened an exporting firm in Limoges and developed a wide export market, especially to North America. Around 1884 he also started decorating porcelain in Limoges. The son, Charles Jules Ahrenfeldt (1857-1934), took over the porcelain factory in 1894, upon his father's death. In 1896 he built a porcelain factory in the Montjovis district of Limoges. The son and his business partner, M.O. Doering, both relocated to Europe in late 1909. Herman Kupper purchased the business in February of 1910. The CA Depose’ green mark is cited by the website marks4antiques as mark #9 which was used in the 1894-1910 time period. Depose' indicates this was for export trade especially in late 1890’s and the Limoges mark indicates it was produced in France. This places the circa to be 1894-1910.
Please view all pictures carefully as they are part of the description. The stand was used as a photo prop and is not part of this listing.
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