DRESDEN PAIR OF EWERS
20 July 2018
Description

Fine china 22'' high 6 '' round hand painted Crown mark Think they were year 1883 thru1893 All 12 pictures on these 2 item are different.

Provenance

Springfield,MO Got them from grand mother Bessie born 1890 died 1970 she was born in Hanover, Germany

Acquired from
Inherited
For sale
Yes
Answered within about 6 hours
By Nora Curl
Jul 20, 23:13 UTC
Fair Market Value
$700 - $2,000 USD
Insurance Value $0 USD
What does this mean?

This is a pair of antique, 19th century, about 1885-1890. Victorian era, tall German porcelain handled ewers with Celestial Blue style glaze and all hand-painted decorations in a Rococo/Romanticism Revival style. The decorations are allegories of love based on works by Watteau. The mark, of a crown over Dresden is not a maker mark per se, it is a decorator mark. Saxony was the capital of Dresden and at the time there were several hundred studio and professional ceramic decorators. Most of the porcelain wares that were decorated were actually blank or white wares that were produced at the Meissen Factory though were deemed not up to snuff in quality. They were sold to the china decorators as 'seconds'. After some time, a coalition of 4 decorators, who were not related, decided to the register the Crown over Dresden mark so to distinguish themselves as quality decorators. Those firms were: Karl Richard Klemm, Donath & Co, Oswald Lorenz, Adolf Hamman. Later, some other decorators also used the Crown over Dresden mark, such as Ambrosius Lamm, Carl Thieme, Helena Wolfsohn and Franziska Hirsch. Unfortunately so much was destroyed during World War II, in terms of record keeping and comparables that determining the exact decorator, among the possible choices, of these ewers, cannot be definitively stated. The most possible hand in your pair is Richard Klemm. The estimate is for the pair together and is based on actual recent past recorded auction sales of comparables. Retail 'asking prices' can be higher and vary.

Nora curl Jul 20, 23:19 UTC

Please also add some clear, in-focus extreme close-ups of the figures in the center cartouche to show the texture. Also check in the area of the cartouche for there may be an additional signature.

David dougherty Jul 23, 12:10 UTC

If you need more let me know.

David dougherty Jul 24, 20:44 UTC

THANK YOU NICE JOB

Nora curl Jul 24, 20:56 UTC

You are very welcome

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