Beautiful and impressive vintage large gilt decorated fine porcelain reticulated open compote with pedestal base in the “Old Paris” style manufactured by Vista Alegre of Portugal. The oval bowl features large overlapping arched openings topped with small intertwined twists. Sides are lightly embossed with a gold trimmed long feather-like decoration, the tips of which curve outward to create two small tab handles. The pure white porcelain is accented with heavy gold bands around the rim & foot and several fine bands on base of bowl & pedestal. Constructed of 2 pieces that are bolted together, both having matching artists marks where pieces meet (not visible when piece is together). Base is double-marked; has the “VA Portugal” green underglaze backstamp that was used from 1947 until 1968 and the blue “Made in Portugal” mark. Approximately 14″ wide x 9 7/8″ high x 8 deep. Gold has small spots of rubbing on 2 corners of the base & a couple of extremely fine tiny scratches. Handle has two small paint smears that appear to be from factory. Nut & washer in base have minor rust (porcelain is not stained). NO chips, cracks or flakes. Displays extremely well intage Vista Alegre Large Oval Centerpiece /Compote Bowl. This exquisite piece would look amazing holding fruit or accenting your favorite sideboard. No cracks, or defects. The item “Vintage Vista Alegre Large Oval Centerpiece /Compote Bowl Reticulated Pedestal” is in sale since Thursday, July 29, 2021. This item is in the category “Pottery & Glass\Pottery & China\Art Pottery\European Pottery\Portuguese”. The seller is “beaglemom767″ and is located in McDonald, Pennsylvania. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Dominican republic, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, El salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Montserrat, Turks and caicos islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Uruguay, Russian federation.
- Object Type: Bowl
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Portugal
- Production Technique: Pottery