LATE 19TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND SCEPTRE AND H, INCISED 21½ - 15¾, SIGNED C MEI, TRACES OF RETAILER'S PAPER LABEL FOR FRANZ X. THALLMAIER, MUNICH

Gustav Wertheimer (1847-1902) was an Austrian painter in the Romantic style. See anon. sale Christie's East, New York, 27 October 1998, lot 30 for a similar smaller plaque of this subject and anon. sale, Christie's New York, 24 April, 2002, lot 294 for a plaque of the same large size.