CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN HAND-PAINTED OPEN DOUBLE SALTS, LOT OF THREE, each having central ring handle with polychrome decorations, comprising a rectangular example with beautiful floral designs, one featuring a variety of bright birds and insects including a peacock, a rooster, and a parrot, and one having applied floral vine design. Each having blue mark to underside including a crown, an anchor, and interlaced "AR". Ernst Bohne & Sons, Rudolstadt; Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Meissen, Germany; and other. Fourth quarter 19th/early 20th century. 3 3/8" HOA.
Two undamaged; applied floral example with some losses to flowers.
Published: One example in Jzyk/Robertson - Open Salt Compendium, rectangular example p. 235, pl. 704, bottom right.
Provenance: From the collection of Fred and Lorraine Ayers, Layton, NJ.

Two undamaged; applied floral example with some losses to flowers.