VINTAGE WINTERLING SCHWARZENBACH "RATTO DI ELENA" G. HAMILTON GOLD TRIM PLATE
**("THE ABDUCTION OF ELENA")**
-- DESCRIPTION OF ITEM: THIS IS A LISTING FOR ONE(1) VINTAGE WINTERLING SCHWARZENBACH "RATTO DI ELENA" G. HAMILTON GOLD TRIM PLATE
-- THIS ITEM FEATURES WINTERLING SCHWARZENBACH "RATTO DI ELENA"
-- THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL AND ELEGANT DECORATIVE WALL PLATE
-- THIS IS A HIGH QUALITY ITEM MADE IN GERMANY AND FINISHED IN ITALY
-- THE PLATE STAND SHOWN IN PHOTOS NOT INCLUDED WITH LISTING
-- (FUN FACT!): WINTERLING SCHWARZENBACH WAS STARTED BY SEVEN WINTERLING BROTHERS IN RÖSLAU, BAVARIA. IT WAS FOUNDED AS GEBRÜDER WINTERLING O.H.G. IN 1907. TEN YEARS LATER THEY TOOK OVER OSCAR SCHALLER PORCELAIN FACTORY LOCATED IN SCHWARZENBACH. IN 1950 THE BUSINESS WAS TURNED INTO A JOINT-STOCK COMPANY. IN 1954 THEY STARTED ANOTHER FACTORY IN BRUCHMÜHLBACH. THE WINTERLING PORZELLAN A.G. WAS NOT DOING SO GOOD AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS. FINALLY THE COMPANY WENT BANKRUPT IN THE YEAR 2000. THE FACTORY WAS TAKEN OVER BY TRIPTIS PORZELLAN G.M.B.H. & CO. K.G.
-- CONDITION: GOOD. THIS GOLDEN WALL PLATE IS A VINTAGE ITEM AND ALTHOUGH THIS ITEM WAS WELL CARED FOR BY ITS PREVIOUS OWNER, THIS ITEM HAS SOME CONDITION ISSUES AS EXPECTED OF VINTAGE ITEMS INCLUDING SHELF WEAR FROM USAGE AND HANDLING, FACTORY IMPERFECTIONS, FAINT WATERMARKS/STAINS ON PAINTED AREA, THE "MADE IN ITALY" STICKER IS PEELING, A SMALL CHIP ON THE SURFACE, WEAR ON GOLD TRIM, SUBTLE SCRATCHING, AND GENERAL WEAR. PLEASE SEE ALL OF OUR DETAILED PHOTOS, THANK YOU!
-- PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE NOT EXPERTS IN VINTAGE DECORATIVE ITEMS BUT WE HAVE TRIED TO DESCRIBE THIS ITEM AS ACCURATELY AS POSSIBLE. PLEASE SEE ALL OF OUR DETAILED PHOTOS OR FEEL FREE TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL PHOTOS FOR AN HIGHLY ACCURATE DEPICTION OF CONDITION, THANK YOU!
-- APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS:
-- 11-3/4" DIAMETER
-- LOC: D2
-- INV#: PLT-287EA
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