Robert J Riesberg Antiques Inc

Member of the Minnesota Antiques Dealers Association

19th century lithograph 19th century lithograph

Chinoiserie style, a 19th-century lithograph on a tin tray signed Helgoland represents a highly collectible piece of antique tin lithography or toleware from the late Victorian era. This is a highly detailed image of a fisherman Introducing one of his young sailors to his daughter. The tray is antique with the base made later, so that the tray could serve as coffee table top. During the late 1800s, Helgoland was a prominent tourist destination and a major geopolitical focal point in the North Sea (ceded from Great Britain to Germany in 1890).

Height 18 inches, w.idth 28 1/2 inches, Depth 20 1/2 inches.

You could not produce the base alone at this price, $385.