Imperial PSL Austria Vase

Hi! My dad found this vase in a house he bought and he was wondering if anyone had any info on it!

 

This would be a home decorated blank IMO

 

In the early 1900s, china painting was a popular hobby.
People would buy white blanks and then paint them.

Often called hobbiest painting.
And like all art, there are some good painters and some not so good.

Yours looks to be decently painted.

 

Forgot to say
Welcome to the board.

 

Cherokee/dog roses. My favorites - so I like the vase. Welcome, btw.

 

Pretty piece MadisonBoib!

Welcome to Antiquers...........

 

Thank you for the info guys! Really interesting! Im sure my dad will love to hear about it!

 

This link gives information and has the chart showing marks that dates your mark 1914-18. China painting as a hobby continued in popularity for many years. I have some pieces painted by my SIL's mother from the 1990s.

https://www.figurines-sculpture.com/psl-imperial-empire-pottery-mark.html



The factory is "Imperial PSL Empire". Also known as "Imperial Austria" and PUL.

The PSL refers to the Pfeiffer & Lowenstein Factory of Schlackenwerth, Bohemia, Austria.

The PUL refers to Pfeiffer & Lowenstein (u being the shortened version of 'and' in German). Some of the marks are just PL.

Founded in 1873 by Ludwig Lowenstein in Ostrov, Czech Republic (then Schlackenwerth, Bohemia Austria), the factory was managed by Josef Pfeiffer Jr in the 1900's, and was renamed Pfeiffer & Lowenstein.

In 1938 the Nazis seized the factory and renamed it Porcelain Factory Schlackenwerth Josef Pfeiffer.

Finally, after the war, the owners were Luise & Wilhelm Pfeiffer and George von Hoffmann until it closed in 1949.