Schmidt Victoria Austria Pierced 9" Square Bowl Blue Bird w/Blue Trim 1904-1918

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Schmidt Victoria Austria Pierced 9" Square Bowl Blue Bird w/Blue Trim 1904-1918
Schmidt Victoria Austria Pierced 9" Square Bowl Blue Bird w/Blue Trim 1904-1918
Exquisite Decorative SCHMIDT VICTORIA Pierced SQUARE 8 7/8" BOWL, 5 FLYING BLUE BIRDS
,
from
Stara Role, Czecho-Slovakia
in 1904
-1918
DESCRIPTION:
This is a beautiful pierced bowl.  There are 5 blue birds of various sizes in flight.  These are skillfully and realistically hand painted on the high white porcelain which is accented with a matching dark blue trim on the rim.  The piercing has dark blue cross-hatching to accent it.
CONDITION:
The condition of this decorative bowl is superb, even though it is classified as used.  This would make great display or a functional bowl to use everyday.  We can find no manufacturing defects.  There are no chips, nicks, cracks, scratches, rubbings or  hairlines.  There is no age appropriate wear to the blue on the rim or cross-hatching.  Please refer to the photos to see how classically beautiful this is.
DIMENSIONS:
The bowl is a square of 8 7/8" and a height of 1 13/16".
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 as cited by the website marks4ceramics as mark #22.
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This is ready to use or display with pride in your home.
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