Antique Helena Wolfsohn Dresden Porcelain Painted & Gilt Footed Tazza or Compote

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A fine antique Dresden porcelain tazza or footed tray.

Attributed to the Helena Wolfsohn factory.

The center of the tray … Read more A fine antique Dresden porcelain tazza or footed tray.

Attributed to the Helena Wolfsohn factory.

The center of the tray with a painted scene of a man taking off his hat to greet two women in a garden.

The rim with a blue fishscale border with gold accents.

With a (somewhat misinformed) old note to the base that reads:

"TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
This is to certify that the four-footed blue and purple china Tray covered by the attached invoice was purchased by us through Messrs. E. Whiteaway & Company of London, England, in June 1937, and s a Cypher of Augustus XI of Poland, Elector of Saxony, circa 1725 to 1740, being therefore a genuine antique.
A.S. Cooper & Sons
by: Arthur H.M. Cooper, Manager"

Marked to the base with a spurious Meissen-style AR mark likely for Helena Wolfsohn.

Simply a wonderful piece of Dresden porcelain!

Date:
Late 19th Century

Overall Condition:
It is in overall good, as-pictured, used estate condition.

Condition Details:
There is some rubbing to the gilding (particularly to the edge of the rim) and some wear to the feet. Otherwise, there are some fine & light surface scratches and other signs of expected light wear consistent with age.

Maker:
Dresden

Marks:
With an underglaze blue AR Augustus Rex mark

Measurements:
Height: ca. 1 7/8 in.
Width: ca. 10 in.
Depth: ca. 7 3/4 in.

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