Width (Square): 20.5cm x Height: 2.0cm
This is a square-shaped porcelain commemorative plate. It has gold and purple ribbon edging and scroll design around the brim. The plate features a coloured scene of "Flight to Egypt", in which Mary, Joseph, and the baby Jesus are at a watering stop. Mary is depicted riding a donkey and carrying baby Christ in her arms. There are lotus flowers and leaves in the water and on the left side of the scene. The illustration has some hand-painted elements. On the bottom of the plate, there are printed texts that read "Christmas 1989// The Flight to Egypt// Annual motif of a series of Christmas plates by Ole Winther// Limited Edition" in German, English, and French. Below the texts are the artist's signature, a symbol of a lion with the number "1814" inside a circle, and the words "HUTSCHENREUTHER GERMANY". On the central bottom is a green and gold paper label with golden texts that indicates this plate is ornamental porcelain and is unsafe for food.
The company was founded in 1814 by Carolus Magnus Hutschenreuther (1794-1845) in Hohenberg an der Eger, Bavaria, Germany. He had previously worked at the Wallendorf porcelain manufactory in Lichte (Wallendorf). After his death in 1845, the factory was headed by his widow, Johanna Hutschenreuther, and her two sons. From 1860, they produced hand-painted gilded porcelains. A large part of the factory was destroyed by a fire in 1848, but it was rebuilt. Lorenz Hutschenreuther, Selb. In 1857 Lorenz Hutschenreuther, the son of C.M. Hutschenreuther, established a porcelain factory in Selb. They expanded from 1902 to 1969 and were renamed Porzellanfabriken Lorenz Hutschenreuther AG Selb (Lorenz Hutschenreuther Porcelain Factories Company, Selb).
