Antique, Hand Painted Cake Saver with Gold Detail
Beautifully hand painted cake saver with pink glaze fading to eggshell color with delicate flower pattern around the 10 1/2" base. Base can accommodate a 9" round cake. Cover is also decorated with the same delicate flower pattern on the top and flowing down the sides slightly. It has a hand painted identifying number on the bottom of the base that reads 1378.
Piece was inherited 30 yrs ago.
Inherited
Maybe
Hi Kirsten,
Thank you for contacting Mearto with your appraisal inquiry.
Based on the photos and information provided, and subject to examination, this is:
A vintage American hand-painted parcel gilt cake cover and underplate
unattributed maker, first quarter 20th Century
In two pieces, the swirl-turned cover with gilt feather handle, in graduated pink-to-eggshell glaze with gilt floral decorations to upper rim; the lipped lower plate with down-curving edge and gilt floral decorations, marked underneath "1378".
(height), diameter 10 1/2 inches
CONDITION: appears to be in very good condition
PROVENANCE: inherited
$75-125*
*represents a fair-market value for auction purposes; retail or asking price may vary.
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