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Lovely antique set including hand painted salt and pepper shakers and a miniature 3” salt plate, decorated with Dresden style flowers by Richard Klemm.
Featuring various beautifully hand painted floral sprays and delicate gilded accents.
Measure: small plate is a miniature size 3” wide. Shakers - 2.5”H and 2” wide at base.
Shakers - No cracks or chips noted; use marks, minor scratches, some wear to gilt, small scabs and production imperfections on the undersides. Wear to gilt on the rims, minor rough areas along rims (top and bottom).
Shakers Marked with mark used by Richard Klemm - blue Dresden mark late 1800s into early 1900s. The plate is marked with Dresden Blue Crown mark used by four decorators R. Klemm, A Hamann, Donath & Co and O Lorenz.
It’s a very beautiful and delicate set.
Dresden was the center for the era and rise of "Romanticism" during the 19th century. This artistic, cultural and intellectual movement, which attracted painters, sculptors, poets, philosophers and porcelain decorators alike. In 1883, in response to the exciting developments happening all around them, four prominent ceramic decorators registered the famous blue crown Dresden mark, and the widely popular "Dresden style" was born. Dresden china is often described as "rococo revival" style.
