ItemDescription: Lovely hand painted porcelain trinket box with a butterflyand flowers and leaves on the lid that are highlighted in gold. There areflowers on each of the four sides. There are 9 items in the Samatra pattern is listed on the Vista Alegre website but all are“OUT OF STOCK/SPECIAL IMPORT”. We did find one retail site that listed an identical box as a \"Special Order\" for $100.
Maker& Other Marks: There are various marks including a circle with acrown, 1824 with the letters VA at the center and PORTUGAL. Beneath this isSAMATRA and below this VISTA ALEGRE, VA and PORTUGAL. There is the number 68below this.
Medium: Porcelain
Condition: No cracksor chips. Good to very good. This is being sold AS IS so please use themagnifying function in the photographs to check out the details.
Additional Information: FROMTHE VISTA ALEGRE WEBSITE: SAMATRA:A collection inspired by the decoration of an India Company dinner set from theeighteenth century, Sumatra is one of the oldest creations of Vista Alegre, itsorigin dating back to the 50s of the twentieth century.
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