Antique Dresden porcelain Helena Wolfsohn Cherub Toothpick or Matchstick Holder

  
Antique Dresden porcelain Helena Wolfsohn Cherub Toothpick or Matchstick Holder. Measure aprox 4.60 x 4.25 inches. Helena Wolfsohn had a porcelain decorating business which used a wide array of blanks from various other companies.

From 1879 onwards the business also frequently copied the'A. (Augustus Rex) mark which had been registered by the KPM in Meißen. The year the business started to use the'A. Mark is known because the KPM immediately appealed for court intervention and in this case it took until 1883 before the studio was forced to stop using that mark. Instead of stopping to use the mark, it was changed slightly all the time as to make it more difficult for the court to decide.

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