Famille Rose Three Tiered Dish Set

[Garrett]

Hey guys

Picked this up at an estate sale for 8 dollars. It looks to have age but I think it would be Republic. I do not know much about these specialty pieces since this is the first time I've run across a piece like this. Any information is appreciated.

Garrett

[peterp]

Republic should be right. Not sure  when exactly, though. There is one piece missing. Usually there are four bowls plus the lid. Here the lid looks a bit large. Does it just look this way in the photograph, or if it is a replacement taken from a similarly painted, slightly larger set. The rim should not protrude more than perhaps 5mm. Strings are passed through all the 'ears' allowing to lift the whole thing for carrying.

[Garrett]

I thought there might be a piece missing due to the foot rim on the bottom dish having the same shape as the top two bowls. The lid only protrudes almost 5mm, give or take 1-1.5 mm. The design for both the lid and the bowls are identical in style and texture, from what I can tell. Ironically, the underside of the lid looks to have more age than either of the bottoms of the bowls.

[peterp]

You cannot rely on the foot rim shape for concluding which one is missing. With some the foot rim of the bottom bowl has indeed a different shape, but there also many which are complete, and yet the foot rim of each box is the same. Full interchangeability...