1920s Porcelain Flower Frog

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Lovely flower frog or low bowl to hold flowers and water. I’ve used it with a candle in the center … Read more Lovely flower frog or low bowl to hold flowers and water. I’ve used it with a candle in the center and was told that it at one time May have had a small statue in the center but I purchased at an estate sale over 30 years ago and it didn’t have one. I always either filled with flowers or put a wide candle in center and the flowers framed it.

Lovely Frog to hold flowers.
Measures 8 3/4 wide and 2 3/4 tall.
The center May have at one time had a small statue on it. I’ve had it at least 30 years and I never saw a statue but I was told that it had one. I always filled with flowers or during holidays put a candle in the center.
Its 24k gold painted trims and flowers. The maker is both printed on bottom and there’s a sticker applied.
Brand is Hutschenreuther,
The sticker says Lorenz Hutschenreuther
And there’s also embossing on the bottom that appears as K. Tutter (but it’s hard to read) I could be wrong about it. A fabulous and rare piece. These types of items were usually broken.

Hutschenreuther is the name of a German family that established the production of porcelain in northern Bavaria, starting in 1814.

History of the Porcelain company:

The Hutschenreuther porcelain business was founded in 1814 by Carolus Magnus Hutschenreuther (1794–1845) in Hohenberg an der Eger, Bavaria, Germany. He had previously worked at the Wallendorf porcelain manufactory in Lichte (Wallendorf).

After his death in 1845, the factory was headed by his widow, Johanna Hutschenreuther, and her two sons. A large part of the factory was destroyed by a fire in 1848, but it was rebuilt. From 1860, they produced hand-painted and gilded porcelain products.

Lorenz Hutschenreuther, Selb

In 1857, Lorenz Hutschenreuther, the elder son of Carolus Magnus Hutschenreuther, established a porcelain factory in Selb. They expanded from 1902 to 1969 and were named Porzellanfabriken Lorenz Hutschenreuther AG Selb (Lorenz Hutschenreuther Porcelain Factories Company, Selb).

Hutschenreuther acquired the following other porcelain manufacturers:

Jaeger, Werner & Co., Selb (1906)
Paul Mueller, Selb (1917)
Bauscher brothers, Weiden (1927)
Tirschenreuth porcelain factory (1927)
Königszelt porcelain factory, Königszelt (today Jaworzyna Śląska), Silesia (1928)
In 1969, Porzellanfabriken Lorenz Hutschenreuther AG Selb merged with C. M. Hutschenreuther of Hohenberg.
This business was purchased by Rosenthal another high end German porcelain maker in around 1969. See less