AMERICAN SIGNED PICKARD-DECORATED BELLEEK PORCELAIN TANKARD, featuring a bold polychrome hand-painted rose motif with gilt designs having beautiful scrolled gilt handle, signed vertically "A.[ndrew] Motzfeldt" beside lower handle terminal. Marks to underside include green-printed artist's palette with "BELLEEK" below and black-printed "HANDPAINTED / W / PICKARD / A / CHINA". Ceramic Art Company, Trenton, NJ. Late 19th/early 20th century. 12 3/4" HOA.
Provenance: Property of a Virginia gentleman.
Condition
(Updated 10/3/2022) Undamaged. Manufacturing flaws including foot with roughness and flake, as made.