Decorative Bowl, Shallow Bowl, O & E.G, Royal Austria, Hand Painted Grapes, Antique 1898

This antique O. & E.G. Royal Austria shallow bowl is hand-painted with three shades of grapes — purple, green, and red — alongside full grape leaves, set against a soft ombré ground of mustard yellow deepening to green at the top and lightening to pale yellow below.

• Maker: O. & E.G. (Oscar & Edgar Gutherz), Austria
• Materials: Porcelain, hand-painted
• Dimensions: 8.0" diameter x 1.5" tall
• Origin: Austria
• Era: Antique, 1898–1918
• Condition: Excellent antique condition. No chips, cracks, or scratches. Minor gold paint loss on the back rim, photographed for you. Please review photos closely before purchasing, as all sales are final.

Textural dotted embossing rings the border, finished with a pretty swirled rim. Beautiful in a dining room, kitchen, or wine cellar — and a perfect gift for a wine lover or collector of fine antique porcelain.

It's quite possible this piece was hand-painted in the USA — in the late 19th and early 20th century, high-society women had painting clubs and used imported "porcelain blanks" to hand-paint cups, vases, plates, and bowls of their own. The bowl is stamped on the back with the green hallmark wreath reading "Royal" with "Austria" below, dating it precisely to this period. The O. & E.G. company began in Altrolau, Bohemia in 1884, founded by Oscar Gutherz and Maximilian Marx and backed by American importer Lazarus Straus (who also owned Macy's as of 1887); the pair originally only decorated china before eventually producing their own porcelain. Oscar's brother Edgar bought out Marx in 1898, and the firm became O. & E.G. — adopting the green "Royal Austria" wreath hallmark used on this piece. Altrolau, Bohemia is known today as Stará Role, in the Czech Republic.

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