TWO VIENNA STYLE PORTRAIT PLATES, 'CORDULA' AND 'AN QUI L'AN NEUF'
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE BEEHIVE MARKS, THE FIRST WITH IMPRESSED MONOGRAM MARK FOR HUTSCHENREUTHER AND INCISED 24, SIGNED WAGNER, THE SECOND WITH A CA MONOGRAM MARK, PROBABLY FOR CHARLES AHRENFELDT
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TWO VIENNA STYLE PORTRAIT PLATES, 'CORDULA' AND 'AN QUI L'AN NEUF'
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE BEEHIVE MARKS, THE FIRST WITH IMPRESSED MONOGRAM MARK FOR HUTSCHENREUTHER AND INCISED 24, SIGNED WAGNER, THE SECOND WITH A CA MONOGRAM MARK, PROBABLY FOR CHARLES AHRENFELDT
IN THE ART NOUVEAU TASTE, EACH PAINTED WITH A THREE-QUARTER LENGTH PORTRAIT OF A BEAUTY, IDENTIFIED ON THE REVERSE, THE FIRST WITH THE EPIC POEM'S RAVEN-HAIRED BEAUTY AMONG POPPIES, THE SECOND WITH ATROPOS, THE CUTTER OF THE THREAD OF LIFE, HER SHEARS IN HAND
9 5/8 IN. (24.3 CM.) DIAMETER (2)
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CORDULA. GRAUBüDNER SAGE IS AN EPIC POEM BY MAX WALDAU OF 1854.
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