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Vintage midcentury hand painted Eipage Royal porcelain large turn with lide. Decorated with 24 K gold plated essence and small colourful flowers and a bouges of flowers in the center marked at the bottom Eipage Royal Czechloslovakia.
It is in very good condition , no crack or repair, there is some loos of gold in the handles which is proper for age and it does not effect the beauity or the function of the turn
History of Epiage , The “OEPIAG” and “EPIAG” marks. Both OEPIAG and EPIAG were associations of different potteries put together by the Austrian Government in 1918 to promote the sale of Bohemian pottery and porcelain. The name “OEPIAG” is an acronym for “Österreichische Porzellan Industrie AG,” which translates to Austrian Porcelain Industry. Any pottery with this mark generally predates 1920, when the name was changed Erste Böhemische Porzellan Industrie AG—First Bohemian Porcelain Industry—and the mark was switched to “EPIAG.”
While several Bohemian potteries were members, the Pirken-Hammer mark you mention was used by one of founding members of the association, Fischer and Mieg...
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Mid-20th Century International Style Czech Furniture