Austrian Wien Cobalt Hand Painted Plaque Entitled The Winter

An Italian hand-painted wall plaque from the 18th century. This wall decoration from Italy has a half-octagon shape with longer flat section being at bottom-side of plaque. It has been hand-painted in a motif of horns, arrows, angels, and volutes. Primary coloring is gold and green with a black frame. There is a lovely old patina; a nice reflection of its age. This 18th century Italian wall plaque...

This well executed hand painted porcelain panel is unsigned, but presumed to have been done in France in approximately 1850 in a Renaissance style. The panel is an iconic depiction o...

Large antique painted ceramic equestrian plaque French, 19th Century Plaque: Height 20cm, width 66cm Frame: Height 41cm, width 86cm, depth 6cm This ...

A Berlin 'K.P.M.' painted porcelain plaque, "Madonna", Late 19th century After RAPHAEL (1483-1520) Depicting Madonna and child with a river and city in the distance, signed A. Dec...

Each Capodimonte porcelain plaque in this pair portrays a famous episode from Roman history: The Rape of the Sabines. The scene on each pl...

This pair of portraits are of oval form and depict the half-length figures of a young boy and girl. The boy has fair, shoulder-length hair and wears a white shirt and green-lined bro...

This antique cast and cold-painted metal plaque was done by the renowned Bradley & Hubbard of the United States in approximately 1920 in an American Colonial style. The plaque is done in a cast metal with a very elaborate frame which has been given a brass patination. The central panel is done in relief and depicts an early rustic Colonial tavern vignette with several men seated and standing together, conversing with two woman sitting...

An Italian Micromosaic (micro mosaic) plaque of the "Doves of Pliny", Vatican workshop, late 19th century, Rome within giltwood frame carved with acan...

Beautiful antique mandala thangka. Thangkas are Tibetan scroll paintings. This thangka is painted on fabric and depicts a mandala and associated deitie...

This beautiful antique porcelain plaque exhibits the fine quality of craftsmanship and artistry that the prestigious Berlin porcelain manufactory, KPM, is renowned for. The plaque is delicately painted with the full-length portrait of Duchess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1776-1810), Queen of Prussia and wife of King William III (1770-1840). Louise was a popular Queen and was respected for her successful negotiations with Napoleon, before he became Emperor of France. In this plaque, she is depicted descending the steps of the Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin, which was the seat of the Prussian monarchy. She wears a simple robe a l'anglaise, which was fashionable at the time, and looks directly at the viewer in a symbol of power and majesty. The plaque is signed to the lower right by the artist 'Emile Eckhart', who worked for KPM. It is painted after a famous work by celebrated German artist Gustav Karl Ludwig Richter...