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For auction is a lovely feminine example of turn of the 20th century hand painted china. A description of this art form follows below. If you Google "hand painted Limoges" you should find wonderful resources, including those I referred to for listing this piece.
Dimensions are approximately 10 1/2 inches wide and 32 inches around. Design is pink roses with thorned branches. Colors include gold, greens, gray-brown, white, fuschia, pink. Signed in gold on the reverse, "F.W." and stamped "Paul Muller Selb, Bavaria" in a crown stamp. Condtion is excellent antique meaning little visible wear, no cracks or chips. In the turn of the 20th century America, painting on porcelain had become a cottage industry for more than 25,000 talented artists, most of them women who were not allowed to achieve professional status in that era. Thousands of unknown artists are responsible for the hand-painted pieces of Limoges and other porcelain that collectors proudly display today. Each piece is as unique as the talented individual who painted it. These pieces of porcelain would be nothing other than a white blank (which a few might call beautiful in this form) if not for the artists who were devoted to painting on them. The technique known as the standard method of painting became popular in the late 1800s and early 1900s. This technique utilizes the translucency of china paint to create depth and highlight. Background is used to the advantage on these pieces. Color, reflection, shadow and shapes can all be included in the background to add interest and new dimensions to our painting. The entire piece is painted, with the background color ranging from a very light wash to a very dark color. The design is then painted on freehand or by tracing, and the background is worked in around the design. It is the painting followed by the firing process, with subsequent painting and firing, that gives the porcelain its highlights and a three-dimensional look. The majority of the amateur American china painters were those women who were allowed creative occupations, and those who considered it a hobby. Woman played significant roles in the birth of the china-painting movement in America. In 1873 in Cincinnati, Karl Lagenbeck, an immigrant ceramic chemist, and his neighbor, Maria Longworth Nicols (1849-1932) experimented with overglaze china paints. Maria, a student at the McMicken School of Design, placed some of her decorated pieces on display at a student exhibition. Several classmates, specifically one Mary Louise McLaughlin (1847-1939), was so smitten by the beauty of Nicolsâe(tm) work that she requested their instructor, Ben Pitman, to purchase the necessary supplies to paint on porcelain. With so much interest in this new art form, Pitman engaged Marie Eggers, an immigrant who had studied the art of china painting in the Dresden factory, to teach a class in 1874. This group of students entered their wares in the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition and were responsible for exposing millions of Americans to this new art form. Please check my auctions for other fine, lovely and unusual decorative vintage items. Please send me your questions early. About Shipping: I do not charge handling fees. Neither do I want to make money through shipping. The shipping costs have recently gone up --sometimes quite a lot. Shipping includes insurance, a tracking number, and the Parcel Post Mail fee. I discard email and postal information 30 days after I ship so you must contact me within that time if t is a problem. I pack well to ensure no damage occurs to your items. Yes, I would be happy to combine items in shipping to save you money. Paypal only for non-U.S. buyers. My items come from a smoke-free home. Please note that this item is described as accurately as possible with no known omissions or misrepresentation. I do not claim expertise regarding this item or others of its type. If you have concerns, please ask before bidding âe"particularly if you are a purist collector. We both want to avoid your disappointment. I a...
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