Antique Carl Tielsch German Cake Plate with Pierced Handles
Hand-Painted with Multicolor floral Bouquets and Silver Gold Designs.
Based on stamped logos, I'm guessing that this plate is from the late 1800's - early 1900's.
Wow! This is a amazingly beautiful decorative plate. The rim is scalloped and has a fancy art nouveau style border. I think this style plate is called a cake plate because it has two pierced handle openings on the sides.
In great shape, no crazing, chips or dings. The back has a stamp in green that has an eagle emblem with "C.T." below it, along with "Germany". There are also hand-written writing in red that is hard to read, but looks like "RSM DZ 16"
Provenance: This was owned by my grandmother who was an antique dealer and estate sale business owner. Some of the pieces including this one were kept in her personal collection. She obtained it in the 1930s. It has been safely packed up since the 1960's and unfortunately forgotten until my parents recently moved and was found again. It is time for someone to cherish this again like it had been in the past.
A little info about the "C.T." mark: "CT Germany was first part of a mark used by a company in Altwasser, Germany (now part of Walbrzych, Poland), in 1845. The mark was used by Carl Tielsch. The Hutschenreuther firm took over the company in 1918 and continued to use the CT. CT Germany was used by the Hutschenreuther firm even after the Altwasser factory, now part of Walbrzych, Poland, was nationalized by the Polish government."