RARE ANTIQUE DEPON ES (RS PRUSSIA) PORCELAIN SEA SHELL BOWL - HAND PAINTED - $350 - (Bartlesville, OK)

I AN OFFERING, IN GOOD TO VERY GOOD PRE-OWNED AND DISPLAYED CONDITION (CLEAN PRE-OWNED AND DISPLAYED EXAMPLE. FANTASTIC EXAMPLE OF THE RS PRUSSIA SEA SHELL FANNED PATTERN WITH FLORIDA AUGER SHELL ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE BOWL. THERE MAY BE SOME MISSING GOLD LEAF PAINT ON THE FANNED SHELL SIDE OF THE BOWL. THE BOWL IS APPROXIMATELY 9" WIDE x 7" x 2 1/2" TALL AT THE UPPER SIDE OF THE FLORIDA AUGER SHELL, WHICH IS ALSO DONE USING A MATTED FINISH THAT MAKESTHE SHELL FORM STAND OUT AGAINST THE GLOSSY FANNED AREAS OF THE BOWL), A HARD TO FIND RS PRUSSIA (DEPON ES) PORCELAIN BOWL THAT IS A DISTINCT PATTERN DEPARTURE FROM THE MORE COMMON RS PRUSSIA PORCELAIN BOWLS THAT HAVE A 360 DEGREE FANNED SEA SHELL PATTERN. THIS EXAMPLE, WHICH HAS NO CHIPS, CRACKS OR REPAIRS HAS A WONDERFUL AND WHIMSICAL SEA SHELL (A FLORIDA AUGER) THAT DEFINES THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE BOWL TO CONTRAST THE GLOSSY FINISH OF THE FANNED SEA SHELL SIDE. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTOS THERE IS A FAINT FILM THAT WAS ONCE GOLD LEAF, AND THAT CAN BE RESTORED TO RETURN THIS BEAUTFUL BOWL TO ITS ORIGNAL SPLENDOR.

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