Accordion Pleated Pitcher (Germany)

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Posted by xbears
12 years ago
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This pitcher was bought in an antique shop in Ontario, Canada. It's a tall pitcher with an accordian pleated surface and a sharply angled handle. The colours are turquoise, black and white. I'm not sure if the item is china or porcelain (I'm thinking china). I have searched all over the internet for anything resembling this item and found nothing. The closest was a deep pleated white bowl. Nothing with the unique painted finish...nothing even close. There is a stamp under the glaze on the bottom that simply reads "Germany" with the "G" being fancier and appearing doubled although that may simply be the font they used. Another forum suggested that the pitcher might be from the 1950's and have been manufactured for export, although that would lead me to assume that there were many made and yet I can find nothing similar on the internet. Hopefully someone will recognize the item and be able to tell me something about it and perhaps the value of it.

Thanks for your help!



 
Category Ceramics and Porcelains
Distinguishing marks "Germany" stamped on the bottom, under the glaze
Condition Mint
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Lovejoy 🎯 Collector 12 years ago

There is an easy test for porcelain, just hold the piece up to a bright light, the bottom pointed at the light. If you look through the the mouth of the pitcher at the inside of the bottom and can see light glowing through it's a form of porcelain. If no light glows through you are looking at a piece of pottery ot ironstone.
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Lovejoy 🎯 Collector 12 years ago

Well they are wrong ;~), porcelain is translucent. The marking does not tell us much , a "Germany" marking indicates it was made after 1890. The lack of any company marking means it's not by any of the big name  (Read expensive) makers, so it's value would be along the lines of a Decorator piece, we'd retail one like this a Decorator piece for about $80.00.

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