Q: This is such an unusual bowl that I've held onto it for many years. Can you tell me who created it and what its value may be?

A: Your serving dish with two marks on the bottom was made by Rosenthal at its factory in Selb, Bavaria, Germany. The company was founded by Philip Rosenthal in 1880. Dinnerware sets, coffee sets, and tea sets were made in your bowl's "Versailles" shape at Rosenthal's factory beginning in 1894. The mark with a crown over crossed swords and the initials "R" and "C" was used from 1898 to 1906. The "Delft" mark was used c.1900. Your bowl is decorated with a scene that could have been used on a Dutch Delft plate, but it's on a German Rosenthal plate made about 1900. Rosenthal was bought by the Waterford Wedgwood Group in 1998 and by Sambonet Paderno Industries, a manufacturer of tableware and kitchen accessories in Orfento, Novaro, Italy, in 2009. Retail value of your plate: $100.