Stengods med flerfärgade leror [ID: Villeroy & Boch, Mettlach, Tyskland]

[Kaptenen]

Tack så mycket, Gideon!

Den kan nog pryda sin plats, men det gäller att finna platsen!

[Kaptenen]

Jag råkade hitta denna skål på Etsy hos BarkingSandsVintage "Victorian Silver Lustre Ceramic Centerpiece Cake Basket circa 1850".

Spectacular silver luster pedestal cake basket, English, circa 1850. The grey body is ornamented with grape leaves and twisting vines and is highlighted with silver luster details and dark brownish-purple enamel on the clusters of grapes. This is a great example of the naturalistic rendering of decoration during the mid-nineteenth century.

Reference: N. Hudson Moore, The Old China Book, 1903, fig 117, p 174. You can view this on http://books.google.com.

Measures 7 3/4 inches high, about 10 inches diameter. Unmarked.

Overall condition is very good. There is wear to the silver luster throughout and I found one tiny chip at the point of one of the grape leaves. There are splits in the body of the foot, but these occurred in the making of the piece and are not damage.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/83018121/victorian-silver-lustre-ceramic?ref=sr_gallery_6&ga_includes%5B0%5D=tags&ga_search_query=silver+lustre&ga_search_type=all&ga_facet=silver+lustre&ga_includes%5B%5D=tags&ga_view_type=gallery

Det roliga är att innehavaren har funnit en referens till N. Hudson Moore, The Old China Book, 1903, fig 117, s 174.

http://ia700306.us.archive.org/14/items/oldchinabook013639mbp/oldchinabook013639mbp.pdf

Idag vet vi att författaren hade fel. Skålen är inte engelsk.