Sale 4082
London, South Kensington
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11 May 2006
Price realised
GBP 3,360
Estimate
A BERLIN (K.P.M.) RECTANGULAR PORCELAIN PLAQUE LATE 19TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED K.P.M. & SCEPTRE MARK, INCISED NUMERALS Finely painted after Landelle with a three-quarter-length portrait of the Biblical figure Ruth in grey robe, carrying a bundle of wheat, signed Meiser Pb (?), within a plush velvet frame 15¼ in. (38.7 cm.) x 9¾ in. (25 cm.)
Provenance
Given by Louise Lardon, Governess to the Nobel family to the current owner's mother between 1917 and circa 1930.
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