Rare collector plate Dresden Helena wolfsohn Germany plate circa 1880

Rare collector Antique plate Dresden Helena wolfsohn Germany plate 1880 

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Antique Dresden Helena Wolfsohn Raised Gold

This porcelain plate was produced in Germany by the Helena Wolfsohn Dresden studio in the 1880s.

Helena Wolfsohn had a porcelain decorating business which used a wide array of blanks from different other companies. From 1879 onwards the business also frequently copied the 'A.R.' (Augustus Rex) mark which had been registered by the KPM in Meißen. The year the business started to use the 'A.R.' mark is known because the KPM instantly 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; the second 'A.R.' mark shown below with the arrow pointing upwards is one of the examples used around 1880.

Interestingly enough it was not Helena Wolfsohn herself who copied the marks as the business had been taken over 1878 by Leopold Elb and W.E. Stephan who kept the name of the studio but nearly instantly ran into trouble. As they continued the use of the mark after the inquiries had started the court did not only decide they had to stop any use of that or similar marks but also ordered that they had to compensate the KPM for the use of their mark. This ruined both partners and the business was closed at the end of 1883