A GERMAN PORCELAIN RECTANGULAR PLAQUE painted with a girl and a younger boy embracing within a wooden shed with an arched window, she wearing a brightly coloured head-scarf, white blouse and a red skirt, he spilling coins from a pouch, a spindle and vessels beside her, the door open to reveal a sunlit scene of wheat-sheaves, trees and distant mountains, signed Virginie Boquet d'après Gordon 1833, the reverse with various incised marks, moulded and gilt frame