BONNIE D. HOWELL of SUMMIT, MISSISSIPPI Handpainted OSCAR & EDGAR GUTHERZ PLATE

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BONNIE D. HOWELL of SUMMIT, MISSISSIPPI Handpainted OSCAR & EDGAR GUTHERZ PLATE
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H.C. STANDAGE WROTE IN LETTS'S HOUSEHOLD MAGAZINE IN 1884 ~ IN THE HOUSEHOLD CHINA-PAINTING AFFORDS AMUSEMENT FOR THE GIRLS IN THE FAMILY DURING THE HOURS THEIR BROTHERS AND FATHER LEAVE FOR BUSINESS, AND RETURN IN THE EVENING. TO MANY SUCH LADIES, WHO HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO THAN NOVEL READING, THIS METHOD OF FILLING THEIR TIME WILL BE ESTEEMED A GREAT BOON. DOUBLY SO, SINCE THEIR WORK MAY BE USED EITHER AS DECORATIONS TO THE WALL SURFACE, IF IT BE PLAQUES THEY PAINT, OR ELSE DISPOSED OF AT A PROFIT TO THEMSELVES TO INCREASE THEIR PIN-MONEY, OR MAY BE GIVEN TO SOME BAZAAR FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
FROM AN OLD AND PROMINENT NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA ESTATE, AN EXAMPLE OF A FINE WHITE PORCELAIN CHINA BLANK PRODUCED BY THE OSCAR & EDGAR GUTHERZ FIRM OF WHAT IS NOW, THE CZECH REPUBLIC, HAND PAINTED AND DECORATED BY MRS. BONNIE D. HOWELL OF SUMMIT, MISSISSIPPI.
MEASURING 6" IN DIAMETER ~ WEIGHING -6- OUNCES ~ A COBALT BLUE DESIGN OF GREEK KEYS, PINSTRIPES AND OTHER ELEMENTS, MINGLED WITH BLUE, YELLOW AND RED FLORALS AND GREEN FOLIATE.
A HALLMARK TO THE UNDERSIDE IN GREEN EXHIBITS THE WORD
ROYAL
INSIDE THE WREATH, WITH
AUSTRIA
BELOW, ALONG WITH INITIALS
O&EG
ABOVE.  RESEARCH INDICATES THIS MARK WAS UTILIZED FROM 1899 TO 1918 BY THE FIRM OF OSCAR AND EDGAR GUTHERZ OF ALTROLAU, BOHEMIA ~ TODAY STARA ROLE, CZECH REPUBLIC.
HARD FIRED TO THE UNDERSIDE, THE STYLIZED SCRIPT SIGNATURE OF THE ARTIST FLANKS THE HALLMARK, READING ~
B. HOWELL ~ SUMMIT, MISS.
THE 1930 PIKE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI CENSUS SHOWS BONNIE D. HOWELL TO BE A 57 YEAR OLD ARTIST, WIDOWED, AND OWNED HER OWN HOME IN SUMMIT.
FROM THE DECEMBER 24, 1910 NEW ORLEANS TIMES-DEMOCRAT, A MENTION RELATIVE TO A CHARITY EVENT READS ~
PROCEEDS OF SALE OF HAND-PAINTED PLATE DONATED BY MRS. BONNIE D. HOWELL - .16
CONDITION REPORT
> NO OVERT ISSUES ~ A REMARKABLY WELL PRESERVED EXAMPLE ~ OVERALL SUPERB, VINTAGE CONDITION, BEST NOTED BY EXAMINING THE IMAGES OFFERED.
HISTORY of OSCAR & EDGAR GUTHERZ ~ PORCELAIN MANUFACTURERS
Oscar Gutherz started a porcelain decorating business in Altrolau in 1884, using financial backing from the American importer Lazarus Straus & Sons. The company subsequently expanded into porcelain production. In 1898, Oscar's brother, Edgar Gutherz, bought out Marx and joined Oscar in the business, which became known as the Oscar & Edgar Gutherz (O. & E.G.) Royal Austria Factory. In 1918 the Royal Austria Factory ceased to be; instead it became part of OEPIAG, the Austrian Porcelain Industry.
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