A lovely small white hard paste porcelain bowl hand decorated with gold embossed flowers, each flower bloom is further highlighted with a touch of pink and surrounds the entire outside. The bowl is further highlighted with gold trim along the edges, having a scalloped rim and resting on a scalloped base.
Signed on side initials "AR", Anton Richter attributed
Backstamps & Marks:
Red Pickard Hand Painted China Mark circa 1903
Green J&C mark J & C Barvaria (Marktredwitz Barvaria) Jaeger & Co.
Measures 6 1/4" diam, 2" tall
Condition: Bottom of bowl at base on has spiderweb glaze crackle. Otherwise No chips, cracks, or repairs.
NOTE:
Originally Pickard China imported European china blanks from France and Bavaria. These imported blanks were then hand painted in Chicago at the Pickard China Company. When imported porcelain blanks were used the Pickard Mark and the blank manufacturers mark should both be present on the item. Thus identifying earlier pieces from the latter works.