Exquisite Decorative CAKE PLATE 2 Reticulated Handles, WHITE ROSES w/Green & BROWN LEAVES & Vines, Wide, Bold GOLD Trim w/BLACK SCROLLOWRK, from Tillowitz/Suhl, Bavaria, Germany, circa 1904-1918
DESCRIPTION: The beautiful hand painted cake plate was produced with beautiful large flower sprays of white rose blooms with green & brown leaves & vines. The design looks so classic. The floral sprays are on washes that vary from light yellow to tan to orange. Behind the sprays are tannish grey ghost leaves for depth. The reticulated handles are small and neatly cut. The rim is trimmed in a wide, gold band that has a black floral scrollwork on the gold band. The cake plate is smooth rimmed. This makes a beautiful display plate or can be used everyday.
CONDITION: While this cake plate is classified as used, the condition is superb. There are no chips, nicks, cracks, rubbings, scratches or hairlines. There are no utensil marks, but it does have varying age appropriate wear to the black scrollwork on the gold on the rim. See the photos.
DIMENSIONS: The cake plate has a diameter of 9 1/2" while it is 9 3/4" handle to handle with a height of 1 1/8".
HISTORY/MARKS: The "RS" initials stand for Reinhold Schlegelmilch, founder of the porcelain factory specializing in hard paste porcelain at Suhl in Prussia which is present-day Germany. The work of his two sons, Arnold and Erhard, made the mark bearing his initials famous. Arnold operated the Suhl factory while Erhard established a porcelain factory in Tillowitz, Germany in 1894. Arnold closed the porcelain factory in Suhl in December 1917, due to World War I and a shortage of people skilled in the making of such hard paste porcelain. He joined Erhard at the Tillowitz factory which operated as part of Reinhold Schlegelmilch Enterprise until the death in 1934 of both brothers. The factory in Tillowitz remained opened under Schlegelmilch control (under sons of Arnold and finally Arnold’s granddaughter) until 1945 when it came under the administration of Poland after WWII. This cake plate's underglaze mark was used from 1904-1918 at the Tillowitz/Suhl, Germany factory. This is the blue mark #515 in Robert E. Rontgen’s Marks on German, Bohemian and Austrian Porcelain.
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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