Victoria Schmidt Austria Demitasse Cup & Saucer Floral Gold Cartouches 1904-1918

Description: Victoria Schmidt Austria Demitasse Cup & Saucer Floral Gold Cartouches 1904-1918 Exquisite Decorative SCHMIDT VICTORIA DEMITASSE CUP & SAUCER, FLORAL SPRAYS w/GOLD Cartouches & Scrollwork, from Stara Role, Czecho-Slovakia in 1891-1918 DESCRIPTION: This is a beautiful hand decorated demitasse cup & saucer set with vertical, fluted ridges on the cup. The rims are trimmed in gold scrollwork. The floral sprays are bright and cheerfully multi-colored on the high white porcelain. CONDITION: The condition of this hand decorated set is excellent, even though it is classified as used. This would make great display set or a functional set to use everyday. We can find no manufacturing defects. Look at the 1st and 2nd photo to see the minor rubbing wear on the blue floral spray. There are no chips, nicks, cracks, scratches, other rubbings or hairlines. There is age appropriate wear to the gold on the rim of the saucer. Please refer to the photos to see how classically beautiful this is. DIMENSIONS: The demitasse cup has a height of 2 1/2" with a height of 2 1/2". The capacity of the cup is 4 ounces. The deep saucer has a diameter of 4 3/8" and a height of 3/4". HISTORY/MARKS: Importers Lazarus and Rosenfeld Ltd. based in London, with showrooms in NYC, Australia & South Africa founded in 1883 the Victoria Porzellanfabrik in a suburb of Carlsbad in Altrohlau, Bohemia, Austria. Two years later in 1885, this factory was sold to Frank Schmidt and the name changed to Porzellanfabrik Victoria Schmidt & Co.. Under whose guidance, it became the largest factory in the famed Carlsbad porcelain district. The choice of location was no accident due to the entire region being in the Ore Mountains which is the home of many Kaolin mines. Kaolin is an essential ingredient for the manufacturing of high quality hard paste porcelain. Production concentrated on fine quality decorative household and hotel porcelain. Marshal Fields Department Store was their major US importer, allowing "Victoria" Schmidt & Co. to employ 975 workers by 1900. (Though the location did not change, the country’s name did to Czecho-Slovakia and now Czech Republic.) In 1927, it was transformed into a stock company and renamed Porzellanfabrik Victoria AG. Later in 1945, the factory together with Altrohlau Porcelain Company became part of the state owned EPIAG and renamed Starorolsky Porcelan. By 1958, the name was Karlovarsky Porcelan Stara Role II and and presently it is part of Thun Karlovarsky Porcelan. The mark used on this piece is from the 1904-1918 time period. This mark is cited in Robert E. Rontgen’s Marks on German, Bohemiam and Austrian Porcelain 1710 to the Present as mark #1267. Please view all pictures carefully as they are part of the description. The stand was used as a photo prop and is not part of this listing. 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Price: 49.98 USD

Location: Cornelius, North Carolina

End Time: 2024-11-17T18:16:08.000Z

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