Vintage Bernardaud & Co. Porcelain Vanity Set for Sale

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Vintage Bernardaud & Co. Porcelain Vanity Set For Sale

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Vintage Bernardaud & Co. Porcelain Vanity Set:
$49.95

Vintage Bernaraud & Co. Porcelain Vanity Set.

I am not well versed on vintage porcelain, but tried to research this set before listing. It consists of three pieces in excellent condition: a hair receiver, a powder or trinket box, and a candle holder. All are footed and have a beautiful design with hand-painted flowers and gold bars and trim. The design looks to be a bit art-deco to my untrained eye. The candle holder has one craze marking (I tried to picture it) but the rest is in awesome condition.

The anomaly to this set is the markings on the bottoms of each piece (see pictures). The hair receiver and the powder/trinket box are both clearly marked B&Co. France, which is consistent with the Bernardaud makers mark. The third piece, the candle holder, is marked UNO Bavaria. I don’t know why this piece, which clearly matches the others, was made in another country. I have found other three-piece vanity sets where one piece was made a year or two after the others, so this may partially explain the difference…I am unsure.

Priced to reflect the issues with country of origin and uncertainty of who manufactured the candle holder, as well as my being unable to prove the years of manufacture. I know that this type of set was being made lastly during the Victorian Era, so I am sure it is vintage, to say the least.

If anyone out there has more knowledge than I do about this set, I would love a message from you to educate me!