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SIGNED DD PORCELAIN PLAQUE GIRL CUPID KPM MEI
Charles Joseph Chaplin:
Antique porcelain plaque, artist signed and dated. Depicting young woman, partially nude, with crying cupid at her side. In original antique gilt wood (gesso) frame, sealed at the back, so whether it is KPM or Meissen or another manufacture is not clear, but the quality is the best of the best. It is either by or, after the work by Charles Joshua Chaplain (1825 - 1891) - see signature.
Measurements:frame is approx 16 1/4 X 22 1/4; Plaque 8 X 13 3/4 (sight).
The plaque depicts a young girl with ribbons in her blond hair and a blue satin sash around her waist. Bare breasted with a diaphenous white wrap around her arms and a long pink wrap around her legs, a gold bracelet on one arm. She looks down, whether shyly or from moodiness. Hands are clasped together. A lyre on one side, a crying Cupid / winged cherub on the other. The background is a mottled green with grey, blue and brown tones.
The painting is superb - see wonderful details of face, hair, fingers, jewellery and body.
The painting is signed on top and may refer to the identity of the sitter. Marie d'Aumont; next line reads d'ap chaplin and then the date 1879.
Similar works by Charles Joshua Chaplin eg Roses de Mai, 1877 shows a girl in a very similar pose, almost identically dressed (undressed?) from the opposite direction.
The plaque comes in what appears to be it's original gilt wood frame, which is quite beautiful in it's own right. The outer part of the frame (not seen in pictures), has a few negligible losses and there are some very minor age cracks in the gilding (see pictures). Plaque is in very good condition with no damage/losses of any sort.
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3043
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TIFFANY & CO / TOYS CHILD PLATE BOWL CUP
Child's plate, bowl and cup made in Japan for Tiffany & Co under the TIFFANY TOYS lable.
Plate is approx 7 inches in diam. Bowl is approx 6 1/2inches in diam. Cup is just under 3inches high.
Each piece is beautifully decorated with children's toys: a toy soldier stands at attention behind a blond doll, a drum, building blocks with the letters of the alphabet, a rocking horse and teddy bear. Plate circled by little dogs and bouncing balls. Cup immitates the drum.
All pieces marked TIFFANY TOYS by TIFFANY & CO. Made in Japan c 1992 Tiffany & Co.
Condition is mint. No damage/loss/wear/restoration of any sort.
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3027
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11 VICTORIAN KATE GREENWAY TILE GIRLS PLAYING
11 small tiles, each decorated with a Kate Greenway child at play. Made about 10 years ago.
Measure 3X3inches.
Little girls in long dresses and bonnets: skip rope, dance, play with windmils, bounce balls and raquets, parade under parasols and simply smile coyly. Colours are blue and purple.
Wonderful for a bathroom, kitchen or child's room.
All tiles are in very good condition.
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HUMMEL SET MINIATURE PLATES 1971-6 1ST EDITIO
Rare set of 6 miniature Hummel plates 1971-1976 set in a frame for display. COme with original boxes and magnifying glass.All 1st Edition.
Each plate is 3/4inch in diameter.
Each plate is signed and has factory marks on the back.
Very nice oval wooden frame with gilded inner rim. Ready to be hung on your wall.
Mint condition.
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VICTORIAN POLYCHROME LITHOPANE CHILDREN RARE
Wonderful Victorian round lithopane depicting 2 little girls in a garden of sunflowers. Set in a gold net metal frame in the form of a flower.
Lithopane Measures 3inches in diameter. The frame is 8 1/4inches high.
Fabulous scene of children walking under a sunflower shaped parasol in a garden with sunflowers peeping over a picket fence.
Great detail and exceptionally cute and charming. The frame is also exceptional - made in the form of a flower, of netted metal, gathered into frills in two layers, scalloped into petals and with beautifully detailed, moulded leaves.
Incised with PR in a balloon mark and 1606 on the back.
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VICTORIAN POLYCHROME LITHOPANE LADY W FLOWERS
Rare Victorian hand cut and hand coloured lithopane depicting a Roman toga clad woman smelling flowers in a garden setting.
Comes in stained glass frame.
Frame measures just under 7 3/4inches wide X 8 5/8inches high. Lithopane is 4 X 4 3/4inches.
Strong Pre-Raphaelite influence on this lithopane in which a toga clad woman with long, flowing hair smells a flower. She stands amidst a garden of purple flowers, trees and grassy outcrop. Great detail. It is rare to find a coloured lithopane.
Impressed PR in a ballon signature as well as impressed 1308. Stained glass frame in blue and purple.
Condition is excellent. No chips/cracks/damage of any sort.
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CROWN DEVON MUSICAL JUG AULD LANG SYNE SCOTT
A Crown Devon Fieldings handpainted musical jug C1940, plays Auld Lang Syne. 7 1/8inch (16.5cm) high. Cream ground with hand painted moulded figures cheerfully drinking by a fire side. The black cat curled up in front of and the kettle bobbing on the fire. Handle in the form of a branch covered by Scottish thistles -also moulded and handpainted. The reverse is printed with a pair of hands clasped and words of Auld Lang Syne. Marked underneath Crown Devon Fielding Made in England Rd No 804873. Original sticker reads Auld land syne. The music mechanism is in good order and plays clearly. The jug is in very good condition: no chips/cracks/damage of any sort.
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19C HARLEQUIN CLOWN PERFUME SCENT BOTTLE
19th century miniature porcelain scent / perfume bottle in the form of a clown. Probably made in Germany. Measues 2 3/4inches high. The little person stands in a bulky blue clown suit. Ruffles at the neck and big black buttons over the belly. Little black shoes point out from under the frilly trousers. Around the neck is a white frilly collar and there is a blue cap on the head, from under which a few black curls escape. Beautiful facial features, bow lips and rosy cheeks hint that this may be a woman and not a man. Great condition: no chips/cracks or damage of any sort.
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