State Plates

Victorian walnut stationery cabinet A late 19th century Victorian carved walnut stationery box. The box has a brass plate stating Philip. Son & Nephew. Liverpool" and the lock ...

The Hanged Man is an original etching realized by Félicien Rops in 1868, – 3rd state on 4, plate from “Uylenspiegel”, title "Le pendu, ou la mère grand et le fils Charles".

This impression may be a second state, after burnishing of the plate. Burnishing marks are evident especially in the lower section, the lower left corner, the area surrounding the he...

The warm, uniform patina highlights the authenticity of the piece and its excellent state of preservation. The mirror plate is original and shows light age-related oxidation.

Daumier Register 670, third state (of 3), sur blanc, plate 47 from the series Moeurs Conjugales, published in the album of that title and then in the journal Le Charivari.

Reference: Genestet and Pouillon 45, only state. [Also signed in the plate “G Duchamp”, fully titled, dated “Juin 1900”, and with the name Madeleine added on the box cover (?)