For Your Consideration, One ( 1 ) Antique Bell-shaped, Clobbered Hand-Painted & Gold-Gilt Vertically-Ribbed Body with Button-Mushroom shaped Top, Ceramic / Pottery Salt Shaker. Specific Manufacturer and Date of manufacture unknown - Speculate Continental, i.e., German, French, etc., and Mid-to-Late Victorian by Body Style & Painted Design.
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Measuring 3 - 1/4" Overall Height, ( 3/4" Button-Mushroom Top Height & 2 - 1/2" Body Height ) and with a varied Base Diameter between 2 - 1/16" to 2 - 1/8" ( Body shaped slightly flattened - Not round ), Ceramic Salt Shaker features over-glaze Hand-painted Purple Roses, Green Leaves, smaller Pink Roses with Blue Leaves and Gold accented spoke-like circular shapes. Additional Gold Line accents are present along junction between Top & Body, along lower Base edge, along center circumference of Mushroom top and a Sprayed / Splattered effect on Top.
No manufacturer's Impressed nor Transfer mark present on unglazed Reverse surface - Only Cork stopper.
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Condition of Ceramic Floral-themed Salt Shaker is Quite Good - Several areas of glaze skips along Base edge reveal same Body colour as seen on Reverse surface; Expected loss of over-glaze Gold-Gilt accents to Base & Top with a lesser degree to Body accents; Few Pin-point Inclusions; Slightly indented Top surface and Slight wear to unglazed Base, Otherwise No chips, cracks, crazing of glaze, hairlines, missing portions nor prior repairs noted.
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Beautiful Ceramic ware which clearly speaks Victorian in Age with Continental Design Influence !!! Superb Utilitarian Pottery which displays and functions Well !!!
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