Hi all, i am trying to sell this beautiful dish for my grandmother. I was doing some research, thinking that it was a jelly/biscuit tray of some sort when i came across a similar item on Ruby Lane. It is apparently an inkwell with a tray for resting pens, or organizing the desk.
I believe that from that post mine is similar, so perhaps it is also Carl Thieme Dresden. would this piece have been hand painted in Germany?
The mark on the bottom is an "SP" and it says Dresden in blue underneath the SP mark
I am also missing the ink liner that is supposed to go into the attached ink well.
If anyone could shed some light onto the age of this piece, what you think it might be worth, or just some general info that would be greatly appreciated!!!
Thanks so much!!