Tintenfass und Schale mit feiner Vogelmalerei / An inkwell and plate with golden pheasants, Frankreich, um 1880 Material: Porcelain or faience fine with insert, polychrome painted, cobalt blue ground, glazed, gold staffage and gold rim, Mark: underglaze blue mark (illegible), painter's no. 4, further small marks, Decor: Reserves with fine flower painting and gold pheasant, plastic lid knob in the shape of a flower, gold decoration with latticework and floral decoration, Dimensions: H. inkwell 8 cm, bowl 19x14 cm, Condition: good for age, no chips, rim of the bowl with hairline crack

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