2 BSM Becher & Stark Schwalb Merkelsgrun, Austria Crescent Bone Dishes Yellow

Description

Antique pair of
lovely Austrian porcelain crescent bone dishes with matching golden yellow floral design.  Pastel colors are gold, yellow, blue, pink, and green. The manufacturer "B.S.M." in a box and "Austria" are incised marked on the bottom of only 1 dish and they are very shallow and faint so hard to see.   The marking was used between 1882 - 1891.  The condition of these dishes is very good with a few tiny nicks on edges, one small chip on unmarked dish bottom rim and wear to the gold gilt on the rims on both, which is commensurate with the age and usage of the piece.  The marked dish does have a hairline crack on one side as shown in photo.  Each dish measures approximately 6-5/8" inches long x 3-1/4" inches at widest.
I have another listing of 2 other B.S.M crescent dishes which are exact same dish as shown here but with a violet flower design so if you buy both I can combine them for reducing shipping cost.
Bone dishes were set beside the dinner plate on a Victorian table so the diner could place fish or meat bones aside in them.  They can also be used for other food or sauces at the table or for trinket dishes.
Historical notes:
"Becher & Stark - Schwalb Brothers - Camill Schwalb -
Zettliz Kaolin Works Department Porcelain Factory Merkelsgrun Marks
Founded in 1868 by Alfred & Malvine Becher, Merklin, Czech Republic (Merkelsgrun, Bohemia, Austria). The factory produced earthenware and porcelain. (It was owned by Camill Schwalb.)
Timeline:
1871 Fanni Becher and Anna Stark owned the factory; it was called Becher & Stark.
1881 Karlsbad Savings Bank ran the factory.
1882 it was run by the Schwalb Brothers and called Brothers Schwalb. Benedikt & Friedman were the USA importers. The Schwalb Brothers also owned a factory in Rybare (Fischern) that suffered fire damage and closed in 1883.
1889 Camill Schwalb was the owner. George Borgfeldt was the importer for the USA and Canada.
1895 the factory was called Karlsbad Kaolin Industry Co. The factory began producing technical porcelain besides household porcelain. In
1912 the factory merged with Zettliz Kaolin Works Department Porcelain Factory Merkelsgrun. Subsequently it moved away from household porcelain and began to also produce laboratory porcelain, and other industrial items." Ginni Snodgrass's site on Bohemian Ceramics and Porcelain.
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