MZ Moritz Zdekauer Salt Pepper Shakers Hand Painted Gooseberries Gold 1884-1909
Exquisite Decorative MZ Moritz Zdekauer, Hand Painted Decorative SALT & PEPPER SHAKERS, Vivid GOOSEBERRIES in Red, Green, Brown w/GOLD on the TOPS, Design from Altrohlau Porcelain Factories Austria, circa 1884-1909
DESCRIPTION: This features a beautiful vivid display of hand painted red, green and brown bouquets of gooseberries. The gold trim on the tops also highlights the unblemished shaker holes. See the photos.
CONDITION: The condition of this decorative salt & pepper shaker set is superb. We can find no defects or damage. There is slight wear to the gold on the top edge of one shaker and no other wear to the gold or the paint. See photos #3 & #4. There are no chips, nicks, cracks, scratches or hairlines. One shaker does have a line drawn between two of the holes. Look at the last photo. This same shaker has a small piece of old cork inside of it that we did not manage to remove. Please refer to the photos to see how classically beautiful this is.
DIMENSIONS: The elegant shakers have a maximum diameter of 2 3/8" with a bottom diameter of 1 3/4" and a height of 3". The capacity of each is 2 ounces.
HISTORY/MARKS: In 1884, Moritz Zdekauer purchased the factory in Altrohlau, Bohemia Austria that had been started in 1810 by Benedikt Hasslacher. The letters “MZ” have been a continuous part of the logo to the current day including being on the factory building today. In 1909, C. M. Hutschenreuther acquired the company naming it Altrohlauer Porzellanfabriken (Altrohlau Porcelain Factories) while changing the mark, but retaining the MZ designation. After having been nationalized in 1945, the company was again privatized in 1992 and is currently known as Starorolský Porcelán Moritz Zdekauer a.s., located in Stará Role, Czech Republic. As was true with the original MZ porcelain, all of the Hutschenreuther Companies were trend setters of high quality porcelain. Hutschenreuther became known for the love of detail, distinctive brilliance of color, and lustrous beauty shown through the decorating of the fine porcelain pieces. In Robert E. Rontgen’s Marks on German, Bohemian and Austrian Porcelain, the green mark on the bottom of the set is identified as mark #208 which was used in the 1884-1909 time period. Production for this set is circa 1884-1909.
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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