A BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN RECTANGULAR PLAQUE, THE KISS OF THE WAVE
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND SCETPRE MARK, 840 290 AND CYPHER, SIGNED WAGNER
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A BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN RECTANGULAR PLAQUE, THE KISS OF THE WAVE
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND SCETPRE MARK, 840 290 AND CYPHER, SIGNED WAGNER
Painted after G. Wertheimer with a shipwrecked sailor being kissed by an alluring siren in a storm-tossed sea
11 ¾ in. (29.8 cm.) high, 13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm.) wide, excluding the giltwood frame
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Gustav Wertheimer, Austrian (1847-1902) is noted as a painter in the Romantic style.
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