This lobed porcelain dish was made by Graf von Henneberg in Ilmenau, Thuringia, one of Germany's longest-running porcelain factories, in the middle of the 20th century. The base carries the crowned Ilmenau mark with a ribbon reading Graf von Henneberg-Porzellan 1777 and the line Made in Germany.
The mark is the best guide to the date. The factory had traded under the Henneberg name since 1935, and a Made in Germany line without VEB or GDR wording fits the post-war decades before 1973, so circa 1950s–1960s is the safest attribution. A second green stamp reads Malerei Geiersthal, Handgemalt, beside a lyre monogram, which tells us the decoration was added by a separate painting workshop rather than at the factory itself.
Six shallow lobes rise from a white central field. Each lobe is glazed in a soft turquoise green and edged with scrolling relief picked out in gold, while the centre holds a single flower with brown-gold leaves, painted by hand. The wide, low shape suits a serving dish, a catch-all for a hallway table or a piece to display on its own. Because the painting is done by hand, no two dishes of this kind are exactly alike, and this is the one shown in the photographs.
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