A BERLIN RECTANGULAR PORCELAIN PLAQUE painted by Wagner after Thomas Gainsborough with a portrait of Mrs. Siddons seated to the left wearing a black hat with two red plumes and a ribbon, a striped mustard-yellow dress tied at the waist with a lilac ribbon and with a white fichu, orange shawl and a fur stole (slight scratches to surface), signed, impressed KPM and sceptre mark, incised 220 148, circa 1880, giltwood frame decorated with foliage and a laurel-wreath
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A BERLIN RECTANGULAR PORCELAIN PLAQUE painted by Wagner after Thomas Gainsborough with a portrait of Mrs. Siddons seated to the left wearing a black hat with two red plumes and a ribbon, a striped mustard-yellow dress tied at the waist with a lilac ribbon and with a white fichu, orange shawl and a fur stole (slight scratches to surface), signed, impressed KPM and sceptre mark, incised 220 148, circa 1880, giltwood frame decorated with foliage and a laurel-wreath
8½in. x 5½in. (21.5cm. x 14cm.)
Lot Essay
The original portrait is in the National Gallery, London