Sale 1716
New York
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24 October 2006
Price realised
USD 12,000
Estimate
FIVE VIENNA STYLE (ROSENTHAL) IRIDESCENT COBALT-BLUE AND CELADON GROUND PORTRAIT PLATES LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, DEFACED CROWN AND BATON MARKS, BLUE BEEHIVE MARKS, BLUE RETAILER'S MARKS FOR OVINGTON BROTHERS, NEW YORK, VARIOUS IMPRESSED AND PAINTED NUMERALS AND CYPHERS, ALL SIGNED WAGNER Each finely painted with a beauty, named on the reverse, including 'The Duchess of Devonshire', 'Marie Antoinette', Königin 'Louise', 'Herbst' and 'Hebe', the cavetto enriched with a raised gilt fan pattern, the border gilt in the Art Nouveau taste with blossoming flowers and leaves 10 in. (25.3 cm.) diameter (5)
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