A Vienna topographical gold-ground cabinet-plate

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Although the following six lots bear dates varying from 1816 to 1821, it seems probable the decoration was applied circa 1821 to meet a specific commission. A related topographical cabinet-plate, dated 1821 and with the same gilt cartouche and border, is illustrated by Wilhelm Mrazek and Waltraud Neuwirth, 'Wiener Porzellan 1718-1864' Österreichischer Museum für angewandte Kunst Exhibition Catalogue (Vienna, 1970), pl. 94, fig. 699.

A Vienna topographical gold-ground cabinet-plate

1816, BLUE SHIELD MARK AND IMPRESSED 24 DATE CODE 816

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A Vienna topographical gold-ground cabinet-plate
1816, blue shield mark and impressed 24 date code 816
Painted with a view named on the reverse in black script Vue de la place de St. Michel, vers le palais J.R. à Vienne., the foreground with ladies disembarking from a carriage, two men carrying a sedan chair to the left, further carriages and soldiers, street-traders and figures, within a rectangular gilt cartouche with canted corners and a ciselé garland of ivy, the border edged with a band of ciselé foliage vitruvian scrolls between ciselé bands (areas of wear to enamels, minute flakes to gilding, slight scratches to gilt border, further areas of minute wear)
9 5/8 in. (24.6 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

The graphic source for this plate is the engraving by Postl.

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