Vintage Double-Sided Bowl with Handle Silesian ceramic, Pink Orchids Flowers

The double sided dish with ornate handle is 14" wide, 11 1/4" deep and 5" high (to top of handle). The bowls feature delicate Orchad flowers in pink, Date of piece is 1928-1932. The heart of Silesian ceramic industry was situated at the Wałbrzych mountain foothills. Due to the abundance of forests and hard coal deposits, the region had enough raw materials for firing porcelain. Construction of the railway line in 1853 made it easier to transport both raw materials and ready-made products. Apart from five porcelain factories, as Krister, Tielsch, Ohme, Prause, and Schachtel, numerous porcelain painting studios had their seats here, as for instance the Wunderlich company, which was the largest in Europe decalcomania printing workshop. The significance of ceramic industry in the region was emphasized by founding in 1897 a vocational school of ceramics in Bolesławiec, as well as the Institute of Refractories and Ceramics at the Wrocław University of Science and Technology in 1910.