Royal Bonn Handled Bone China Vase Iris Flowers Floral Gold Red Germany Antique For Sale

• Royal Bonn/Franz Anton Mehlem floral handled vase
• Hand painted burgundy red bone china with gold accents & floral transfer
• Antique 1890-1920
• Large chip on top rim, 2 small paint chips near top, & crazing (see last photo)
• 4" dia. x 9 1/8" H
• 10.2 cm dia. x 23.2 cm H
• 'ROYAL' above a crowned shield with stylized "FAM" and the "1755", above "Bonn" above "Germany" brown mark
• Made in Germany

Antique bone china vase made by Franz Anton Mehlem/Royal Bonn in Germany! It has small, stylized handles with hand painted gold accents, a footed base, and a fluted rim with bleeding gold. The floral, transfer decoration features multicolored, blooming iris flowers highlighted with green foliage.
Royal Bonn is the nineteenth and twentieth century trade name used by Franz Anton Mehlem. He had a pottery in Bonn, Germany from 1836 to 1931 where they made bone china and earthenware. Royal Bonn used a monogram-and-tower mark that appeared on exported pottery only with 'Germany'added. The factory was purchased by Villeroy & Boch in 1921 and closed in 1931.