Details
A 17th century Limoges enamel plaque
the spandrels with polychrome flowers, the centre en grisaille and gilt heightened with the Christ Child and St. Joseph, bearing the legend S. IOSEPH, signed with initials IL (J. Laudin), the reverse inscribed Laudin Emaillieur à Limoges .I.L, probably Jacques Laudin, 1627-1695 -- 5in.x 4in. (12.5x10cm), in an ebonised frame.
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the spandrels with polychrome flowers, the centre en grisaille and gilt heightened with the Christ Child and St. Joseph, bearing the legend S. IOSEPH, signed with initials IL (J. Laudin), the reverse inscribed Laudin Emaillieur à Limoges .I.L, probably Jacques Laudin, 1627-1695 -- 5in.x 4in. (12.5x10cm), in an ebonised frame.
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Exhibited
A label to the reverse inscribed A Limoges enamel Plaque, St. Joseph, signed J. L. (J. Laudin). Exhibited at the Loan Exhibition of Limoges Enamels at South Kensington Museum, 1874.
(The South Kensington Museum was the original name of the Victoria and Albert Museum.)
(The South Kensington Museum was the original name of the Victoria and Albert Museum.)