Featured A beautiful piece of work but that mark...

I am having trouble researching this nice little piece ... possibly a soup tureen? The Germany back mark is not coming up in any google searches or maybe I am just not searching it accurately. Can you tell anything about this piece? Due to the simplistic nature of the mark, can we tell if it is modern or a mass produced piece? - Thanks, Ken

 

If I am remembering correctly, people used to call that a Germany lifesaver mark or a donut mark.
That's all I am able to contribute, except to say it is very lovely and beautiful.

 

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tureen sounds right....but not if it's 3 x 4 inches....

size please !!!

( all the time.....)

 

7” bowl diameter 9” handle to handle.
3.5” to top of bowl 5.5” to top of lid

 

that does seem small for the tureens I'm used to...

 

If it's for Brussels sprouts that would be more than enough for most people.

 

(There went my coffee!!)

 

People used to call these sugar bowls....

 

Depending on the dimensions, it could be a sugar bowl or a cookie jar. I'm leaning towards sugar bowl. The German "donut" mark was used by many factories and apparently almost impossible to identify a specific factory; quality is often middling decorative stuff, and this is likely early 20th c.

 

I luv them brussel sprouts....
I steam em
fry em
I grill em
I eats em up !!

 

Steam them, split them lengthwise, sear the cut surface in good maple syrup.

 

you mean Quebec Maple Syrup !!!!!

the other stuff.....
well...............................................

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Thanks. Ive seen other examples of them say Made in Germany and just Germany with numbers.

 

Oh my ... Ive just puchased my first Air Fryer and the brussel sprouts are a game changer

 

Now Ive got to try maple syrup!

 

a little dab'll do ya !!!

 

I would call this piece a covered vegetable server. It seems about the same size as an open vegetable bowl. For peas, glazed carrots and yep, even Brussel sprouts.

 

Methinks, given the fact that it is covered in roses and flowery gold embellishments, that it is not for humble sprouts (or any other green or orange vegetable), but it is a good old Victorian sugar bowl. The kind that used to be on the table next to a creamer and/or a substantial milk jug. Remember all those Cratchit-like big families? And porridge for breakfast?

 

Incidentally, those measurements are only a half-inch off my own sugar bowl. But then I only have three children.