19th Century French Hand Painted Enamel Plaque, Mathieu Deroche, c.1890

Antique late-19th century Austrian exceptional solid silver & hand painted enamel miniature clock, of traditional upright form, the corners set with columns, canopy mounted with figu...

Antique 19th Century painting depicting a rural landscape, signed by Carl Jutz (1838 - 1916). CONDITION In Great Condition, please r...

Antique 19th Century Austrian rare and unusual solid silver-gilt & enamel rock crystal jug. The rock crystal engraved with intricate scrollwork, silver gilt mounts decorated with cha...

A fine early 19th Century painting of the Virgin Mary in prayer between two saints, painted in the artistic centers of Cuzco and the Altiplano r...

19th century hand painted oval German porcelain plaque KPM? German porcelain plaque of the Vestal Virgin after the painting by Angelica Kauf...

Late 19th century, German KPM, hand painted porcelain plaque.

These elegant enamel plaques was painted in Limoges, a town in the south-west of France. While Limoges was highly regarded for its painted enamel wares in the 15th Century, in the following periods there was a decline in production. In the mid-19th Century, however, items like this pair began to be created, reviving the techniques of enamel painting that were perfected in the medieval period. The plaques depict two women, both with wavy blonde shoulder-length hair, and similar facial features. The women may be sisters, possibly even twins. One woman wears a pale pink dress...

This fine enamel plaque is notable both for its large size and the exquisite contrast produced between the rich, blue enamel backdrop against the grey foreground, created using the g...