OFFERED HERE FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE IS THIS SET OF 4 FISCHER & MIEG PORCELAIN DRAGONFLY & BIRD PLATES. THEY ARE HAND PAINTED. I HAVE 12 OF THESE PLATES AND OF COURSE EACH ONE IS DIFFERENT. SOME HAVE DRAGONFLYS, SOME HAVE BUTTERFLYS AND. ALL BUT ONE HAVE BIRDS. I HAVE CHOSEN 4 WITH DRAGONFLYS TO BEGIN WITH. FISCHER & MIEG BEGAN BUSINESS AS FREDRICH HIRKE IN 1802. OVER THE YEARS THE NAME CHANGED MANY TIMES. AFTER 1852 THE FISCHER & MIEG NAME WAS USED. THE BACKSTAMP WITH THE CROSSED HAMMERS IS A 19TH CENTURY MARK. THE FACTORY WAS IN THE BAVARIAN VILLAGE OF PIRKENHAMMER. THE PLATES ARE 9 INCHES IN DIAMETER. THE GOLD IS IN DIFFERENT SHADES, SOME MORE YELLOW AND SOME MORE NEUTRAL OR TENDING TO A GREEN TINT. I HAVE SEEN THESE PLATES WITH A GRAYISH TONE, THESE DO NOT SHOW THAT. OTHER THAN POSSIBLE EXTREMELY MINOR GOLD LOSS, THE PLATES ARE IN FINE CONDITION. The item “4 EXQUISITE FISCHER & MIEG BIRD & DRAGONFLY 9 PLATES! , HAND PAINTED IN GOLD” is in sale since Thursday, May 2, 2019. This item is in the category “Antiques\Decorative Arts\Ceramics & Porcelain\Plates & Chargers”. The seller is “treasures-uncovered” and is located in Greenville, New Hampshire. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Style: CLASSIC
- Age: 1850-1899
- Maker: FISCHER & MIEG
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- California Prop 65 Warning: N/A
- Color: CREAMY WHITE & GOLD
- Country/Region of Origin: BAVARIA