Antique Pair Sèvres Style German Rudolstadt Hand Painted Vases Urns 19thc Macys

A Very Stylish German Royal Rudolstadt Hand Painted Twin Handle Lidded Porcelain Vase of Ovoid Outline and impressive proportions, last quarter of the Nineteenth Century. The lobed body with heavily gilded mask handles above elegant female faces, superbly decorated with alternating lobed panels of floral sprays and leaves and fruits and berries in relief, ending with similar decoration to circular spreading base on square support. Condition: Superb condition for such an early piece, small loss at top rim on each vase, see detailled images, some wear to gilding at high points. Base mark RW for period 1887-1918. Height: (entire an impressive) 13.75” (35cm). Width: (across handles) 6” (15cm). Depth: (at widest) 4.75" (12cm). Location: Dublin City, Ireland. Affordable fixed charge Worldwide Store to door shipping offered by Seller in house. The history of Rudolstadt Porcelain goes back to 1869 when the German company Lazarus Straus & Sons was established to sell imported ceramics. The Younger member of this partnership Nathan Strauss must have had a very good entrepreneurial mind because in 1874 it seems he managed to form a business agreement with none other than R.H.Macy’s & Co. New York. This business relationship between Nathan Strauss and Macey’s allowed Lazarus Straus & Sons retail space in every Macey’s store, thus opening up the US export market. This actually led to the formation of a US company, New York and Rudolstadt Pottery Co. Inc. 1882. This US company traded in the porcelain manufactured in and shipped over from the German factory, which functioned independently from its US partner. To meet the growing demand of its growing export market Lazarus Straus & Sons expanded, opening decorating studios in France and Bohemia giving rise to L.S.& S. Limoges’ and the Austrian ‘L.S.&S. Carlsbad. Both these decorating studios used their own decorator's mark. However, the mark used in Germany revolved around a crown over a shield shaped lozenge containing the letters RW for Rudolstadt Works. Variations of this mark were used between 1895 and 1924, with a more ornate version being used between 1900 and 1918. The quality of the porcelain and the quality of the painting was superb and Lazarus Straus & Sons porcelain rivaled the very best porcelain manufactured across Europe and the US. We are very pleased to offer this fine Listing for sale on-line.