Art Nouveau Bawo & Dotter (Elite Works) Limoges Porcelain Bowl, c.1896-1920

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Art Nouveau Bawo & Dotter (Elite Works) Limoges Porcelain Bowl, c.1896-1920:
$149.00

This is a superb diamond-shaped porcelainbowl by Bawo & Dotter, a New York importer with its own Limoges factorycalled Elite Works, produced sometime between 1896 and 1920 (see date commentsbelow).

The bowl’s porcelain color is a slightlyyellowish shade of cream. The gilttrim and gold leaf design are very well done, with gilding that appears to beheavier than normal. There are buttwo literally pen tip-sized spots, one on each handle where some porcelain showsthrough. There are no chips,cracks, hairlines, or staining on the bowl.

As the photos illustrate, it is anunusual shape with a smoothly-curved concave shallow bowl cavity. Please review the photographs.

Date comments: This bowl carries two marks. One is a green mark B25j, (Elite L France), used 1896-1920. The other is the red mark B25g EliteWorks mark showing St Martial from the Limoges city seal, used 1896-1932. Those two marks place the date of thisbowl between 1896 and 1920.

This is a gorgeous, striking piece ofLimoges porcelain in superb condition.

Dimensions: 11” x 8 ¾” x 4” high Weight: 2 lbs 3 oz.