Posted 10 years ago
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I found this piece today and I don't know too much about it. I love the colors, and it was sitting under a bunch of other stuff in a case at a dealer I frequently visit. The bottom has a label that says the owner wanted to give it to Joe Bartholomew,and it's dated January 02. Peeling back that label I find a stamp saying "Trade Mark Coronet" around a crown, and "Czechoslovakia Registered" It's 3 1/2 " high and 3" across. CAn anyone tell me when this was made? I just thought it was too pretty to be buried like that! Thanks!
This is the mark of George Borgfeldt,a US importer and distributor based in New York from 1881-1976. They imported from France, Germany and Bohemia/Czechoslavakia and other places in Europe, mostly established potteries. Many different marks were used over that period, but according to marks4antiques, your was used in the 1970’s, but looks much older, but they’re not always right.
Thanks, Maryh1956! I knew Someone wold have an answer for me!
She is very pretty. I always like keeping those little notes with the piece. I feel it's part of their history.
Thanks, Amber. I liked the note also. And Phil, too. The colors are what drew me to the piece in the first place. It looks kind of like a Roseville pattern. I was shining my flashlight into the dark corners of the cases, and it just popped out at me! As a side note, I ALWAYS bring my flashlights (regular and black light) and I'm always surprised at how many people say "oh what a good idea". It sure helps, even in well lit shops.
This was probably a 20s or 30s piece, similar to most of the Czech pottery imported around then. Since Czechoslovakia did not exist before 1918, it can't be earlier, and with the tariffs imposed after the Depression making imported pottery much more expensive, it is probably no later than middle thirties. This mark shows up on quite a bit of pottery, in many patterns. This particular one is less common, but I haven't seen many different pieces. I think it may have been part of a little jam pot. You don't show the top opening, but if there is a place for a lid, this may have been it's original purpose. That is what I would use it for.
It doesn't look like there was a lid, fishiowa. I have seen a couply of similar nes, but not with a lid. Thanks for loking and all the info!