Who is this blonde on the vase?

Hello all. We inherited this figural vase from an elderly family member over a decade ago. The woman on the vase appears to be a peasant or farmer woman, with her water jug to her right and her scythe on her left. The wheat in the background, items around her, and even the accents on her clothes appear to be done with a gold paint wash. Above is the top view showing the farm equipment and green skirt, with the gold accents.

There are several impressed markings on the bottom but they are faint. On the bottom, from left to right, are what appears to be three X marks. To its right there appears to be a 2-digit number starting with a 2, then on its side appears to be a "484" with perhaps a dot after it. There is a word in all capital letters in an oval: my best guess is "Amliaota."

There is another mark in a circle that I cannot make out at all, and another impressed mark below the circle that I likewise cannot make out. A 6? Then, last, a crown on its side, with the points towards the right bottom of the vase.

The woman is done beautifully. When we took some of the relative's furniture in for sale, the appraiser said this vase appeared to be Hungarian. I have other Hungarian figures (not figural vases) and there is a resemblance on the woman's shape. We decided to keep it as a decorative object and not sell it.


Here is the back of the vase. There is no gold wash on it.


It looks as if there is wheat in the background. The scythe is on the right of the skirt. Her blouse and skirt have a gold/wash accent.

So, who is she and where did she come from? Is she based on a fictitious character such as in literature? Because her items are set down, her hands are folded and she is looking up, is she praying? Perhaps she is a saint? My guess is she is not Hungary's St. Elizabeth because she had roses in her apron, and was the queen and not a farmer.

Can the vase's maker and age be identified?

Thank you.

 

hard to see the marks - could it say AMPHORA or maybe Austria?

 

Definitely an Amphora mark.

 

I doubt your figure represents any particular person. Depictions of farmers are quite common in pottery from this period. It's a lovely figure. To me it looks like she is taking a break and is in contemplation. Of what? It's hard to say. I could see this on a mantel or table with a crucifix or another religious picture or figurine to the vase's right.
Don

 

You are right. It does say "Amphora" in the oval. Does that mean it is Austrian? Does anyone know what the other marks mean?

 

Check the marks for Reissner, Stellmacher, and Kessel

Often referred to as Turn-Teplitz

Teplitz

Teplitz refers to art pottery manufactured by a number of companies in the Teplitz-Turn area of Bohemia during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Two of these companies were the Alexandra Works, founded by Ernst Wahliss, and The Amphora Porcelain Works, run by Reissner, Stellmacher, and Kessel. Amphora Porcelain Works used a variety of marks with the word Amphora or the initials RS&K.

Copied from Kovel's

 

Rebecca at the well? Oh, wait. I see a wheat field behind her. A woman praying in a wheat field. There are paintings of women bringing water to harvesters, but not this image.

 

Even though I just took a screen shot of another similar Amphora vase with my iPad, this site considers the photo file too large to upload. This has a similar farmer woman (the pitcher is in her hand, and she is standing) with a similar blue-with-gold-wash background vase.

https://www.aspireauctions.com/#!/catalog/317/1410/lot/50948/image

I found it on Aspire auctions.

I still haven't found out about the the triple X mark.

Thank you all who responded.