Lenox Gold-Encrusted Finger Bowls, Set of Eight — American Bone China, Circa 1906–1930
A set of eight Lenox finger bowls (or bouillon liners), each finished with a wide, raised gold-encrusted rim band over ivory china — a more elaborate, textured gilding treatment than the flat gold banding typical of most Lenox smalls. Backstamped with Lenox's early green wreath mark and a handwritten shape/decorator code, "1201/E88." This mark — the green wreath with no "Made in U.S.A." wording — was used exclusively from 1906 to 1930, dating this set to nearly a century old or more. Handleless, in clean condition throughout.
A genuinely early piece of American porcelain history from Lenox's formative decades in Trenton, New Jersey. Eight matching pieces surviving together from this era, with no chips or cracks, is a real find — sets like this were easily separated, broken, or worn down over a hundred-plus years of handling.
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