BABY BLUE GERMAN WEIMAR REPUBLIC PORCELAIN DRESSING SET W/ ANGELS & DUBARRY

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BABY BLUE GERMAN WEIMAR REPUBLIC PORCELAIN DRESSING SET W/ ANGELS & DUBARRY :
$450.00

EXQUISITE GIFT FOR YOUR VALENTINE:

ANTIQUE PORCELAIN DRESSING SET, THE TRAY AND BRUSH ARE WEIMAR. THE ROUND BOX BY DU BARRY/LIMOGES

FROM THE COLLECTION OF EDITH JOSEPH, THE RORIMER/DUSHKIN COLLECTION.

APPROXIMATE MEASUREMENTS:

TRAY: 38.5 CM LONG, 26.5 CM WIDE, 1.5 CM TALL

HAIR BRUSH: 26.5 CM LONG, 10.3 CM WIDE.

LIDDED BOX: 12 CM IN DIAMETER X 5.5 CM TALL.

MARKS:

ON THE TRAY THERE ARE THE HAND PAINTED MARKS OF A CAPITAL\"T\" OVER AN \"X\", BELOW THIS IS A MOST UNUSUAL MARK, THE SHIELD MARK OF WEIMAR PORCELAIN/GERMANY AND IT IS COVERED OVER WITHA HAND-PAINTED FLOWER. (PLEASE SEE PHOTO.)AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TRAY IS ANOTHER HAND PAINTEDMARK: \"3513\" ON THE BOX IS THE STAMPED MARK OF \"DUBARRY\" \"MADE IN FRANCE.\"

CONDITION: VERY GOOD FOR A SET OF THIS AGE. THE TRAY ANDDU BARRY BOX HAVE NO NICKS, CRACKS, OR DISCOLORATION WHATSOEVER.

THE BRUSH HAS SUSTAINED SOME DAMAGE WITH2 CRACKS ALONG THE INTERIOR SIDES THAT APPEAR TO BE OLD REPAIRS. (PLEASE SEE PHOTOS). THIS DAMAGE IS NOTNOTICABLE WHEN THE BRUSH IS FACE DOWN ON THE TRAY AND THE BRUSH IS STILL STURDY AND USABLE. THE BRUSH PIECEITSELF DETACHES FROM ITS PORCELAIN HANDLE AND IT HAS OBVIOUSLY SUSTAINED SOME YELLOWING &DAMAGE WITH AGE. THE EXQUISITE PAINTING OF CUPIDS ON THE BACK OF THE BRUSH IS FLAWLESS.

THIS SET MAKES A LOVELY DISPLAY, PERFECT DECOR ACCESSORY FOR THE LADIES DRESSING ROOM.

IT IS FROM THE COLLECTION OF EDITH JOSEPH (NOTE THE INITIALS E.J. ON THE TRAY AND BRUSH.) NO DOUBT THE ORIGINAL BOX WAS LOST AND THE BOX WAS PURCHASED TO REPLACE IT AS IT MATCHES THE PATTERN.

EDITH J.RORIMER \"EDIE\"WAS THE WIFE OFLOUIS RORIMER, NOTED ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGNER OF CLEVELAND, OHIO. SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF JAMES RORIMER, WHO WAS A CURATOR AND FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, WHERE HE WAS A PRIMARY FORCE BEHIND THE CREATION OF THE CLOISTERS. DURING WORLD WAR II, RORIMER SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY\'S \"MONUMENTS, FINE ARTS AND ARCHIVES SECTION\", PROTECTING CULTURAL SITES AND RECOVERING ART WORK STOLEN BY THE NAZI REGIME. HE WAS RECENTLY PORTRAYED BY MATT DAMON IN THE GEORGE CLOONEY FILM \"THE MONUMENTS MEN.\" (UNDER THE NAME \"LT. JAMES GRANGER\")

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