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KPM, a German porcelain manufacturer, produced hand-painted porcelain plaques using its own formulated glazes in colors similar to the palettes of Chinese porcelain. KPM paintings include portraits and religious and family scenes. Shop a collection on KPM from top sellers on 1stDibs.
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A 19th Century KPM Porcelain Plaque of Mary Magdalene
By KPM Porcelain
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A beautifully painted porcelain plaque in original giltwood frame. The image of Mary Magdalene after the original Italian artist, Pompeo Batoni. The measurements framed are 16 inch...
Category
Antique 19th Century German Paintings
Materials
Porcelain, Giltwood
Pair Antique German Signed KPM Porcelain Handpainted Bride Portrait Plaques 1890
By Friedrich August von Kaulbach, KPM Porcelain
Located in Portland, OR
A fine pair of late 19th century handpainted German KPM porcelain portrait plaques circa 1890, after paintings by Friedrich Von Kaulbach (1850-1920).
Each oval plaque is very finely...
Category
Antique 1890s Belle Époque Paintings
Materials
Porcelain
'Oriental Girl' German KPM Porcelain Plaque
By KPM Porcelain
Located in London, GB
Orientalist style works became very popular in the 19th Century, and the tradition continued into the early 20th Century, when this fine porcelain plaque was produced. Manufactured by famed German firm KPM, the plaque was retailed in New York by Gilman Collamore & Co., who imported high-end works of porcelain and glass. The plaque still bears the retailer's label to the reverse reading 'Gilman Collamore & Co, Union Sq. NY'.
The plaque is rectangular in shape, and portrays a young girl, swathed in rich, red draped clothing, reaching upward to give food to a white dove perched on a wire. The girl, her hair bound up in the Orientalist fashion, wears an armband as well as hoop earrings. The interior in which the scene is set is hung with luxurious textiles and decorated with gilt detailing.
The plaque is housed in a giltwood frame and is marked to the reverse with the sceptre mark of KPM porcelain, together with the retailer's label. The reverse also bears a written inscription reading 'Orientalisches Mädchen / L. Sturm', the title translating to 'Oriental girl...
Category
Early 20th Century German Paintings
Materials
Giltwood, Porcelain
A KPM Hand-Painted Porcelain Plaque of a Japonism Beauty, Signed Wagner
By KPM Porcelain, Wagner
Located in New York, NY
A Gorgeous 19th Century KPM Hand-Painted Porcelain Plaque of a Japonism Beauty, Signed by the Artist Wagner Wien .n C. Kiesel. The beauty is seen in a beautiful orange and white kimono...
Category
Antique 19th Century German Japonisme Paintings
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century KPM Berlin Painted Porcelain Plaque, Die Lautenspielerin
By KPM Porcelain
Located in Forney, TX
A late 19th century Berlin KPM painted porcelain plaque, Die Lautenspielerin, in pierced foliate giltwood frame, painting after Friedrich August von Kaulbach (German, 1850-1920). Mod...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Victorian Paintings
Materials
Porcelain, Giltwood, Paint
Berlin KPM Porcelain Plaque Last Quarter of the 19th Century after Raphael
By KPM Porcelain
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Berlin KPM Porcelain Plaque
Last quarter of the 19th century
After Raphael,
depicting Madonna and child with a river and city in the distance, signe...
Category
Antique 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Porcelain
$14,400 Sale Price
20% Off


