Heart-Shaped Porcelain Trinket Box with Hand-Painted Flower Basket – Vintage Austria 1960s, Gift

A charming heart-shaped porcelain box with a hand-painted flower basket in underglaze technique – an artist's work.

Signature

The base bears the signature "4 F GEO MARTEL" along with a further, hard-to-read inscription.

Details & Condition

• Material: porcelain, underglaze hand painting
• Diameter: 7 cm (2.8 in)
• Height with lid: 4 cm (1.6 in)
• Origin: Austria
• Date: 1960s
• Condition: very good, no repairs, chips or cracks

Uses

For rings, earrings, pills or small sweets – a heart to give at Christmas or on Mother's Day.

Care

Dust dry.

At the flea market in Baden bei Wien the little heart lay in a box of brooches – its flower basket as bright as if freshly picked.

A heart full of flowers — Things with Soul · VintageAustriaShop