Velvet Porcelain

The Stag Deer porcelain has been manufactured by the Hutschenreuther - Selb - Kunstabteilung (art studio). The underside bears the authentic marks of the Hutschenreuther-Selb company...

Porcelain figure group of Venus coronation and muses Samson after the style of Sevres, hand painted pastel colors, beautifully detailed artwork 19th century, French Marked Sevres Di...

A Universal Exhibition Painting on Plaque after the painter James Bertrand Hand-painted Polychromed Painting on Porcelain Plaque Representing The Marguerite of Faust Signed Lower Left Titled on the reverse: “Marguerite Folle d’Après James Bertrand, Exposition Universelle 1889” After the painting by James Bertrand "The Marguerite of Faust" In its original frame Circa 1890 Faust and Marguerite Faust is tired of his old life and wants to kill himself. In a final burst of bitter anger, he invokes the devil. The devil appears in the guise of Mephistopheles and offers him a pact: he will grant him what he desires most in the world in exchange for his servitude. Faust asks him for youth and his help in seducing Marguerite. When he achieves his goal, bound by his contract with the devil, Faust abandons the latter who is waiting for her child. Filled with remorse, he returns to her, but kills Valentin, Marguerite's brother who tries to stop him, during a duel. He then tries to save the life of Marguerite who is imprisoned for infanticide, but he fails. Like this multifaceted character, the vocal treat-ment chosen by Gounod is differentiated: sometimes very lyrical with touching flights, sometimes very cold and repetitive to evoke her detachment from the world of men. Marguerite is young and naive. She lets herself be seduced by the charming and mysterious character of Faust and thus causes her own downfall as well as that of her family (her brother and her child will die). Hortense Richard (1858-1940) Marie Sophie Hortense Jeanne Schrenk was born in Charonne in 1858, the natural daughter of Louise Christine Frederika Schrenk and an unnamed father. Her mother, a German born in Stuttgart, officially recognized her in August 1879. A few days later, Hortense married his fellow painter Désiré Alfred Magne...

After David II Teniers (1610-1690) Intérieur d’une taverne A Large Berlin (K.P.M.) Porcelain Plaque, circa 1870 finely painted with male figures smoking in a tavern, signed T. Sch...

A very large and magnificent antique painted porcelain plaque depicting an orientalist beauty dressed in silk, jewelry, pearls, and 24-karat raised gold and enamel, signed Vienna. Th...

A large and impressive, fine quality Vienna porcelain charger, having a hand-painted scene depicting Kaiser Karl V in Antwerp. Vienna porcelain mark t...

Pair Dresden porcelain hand painted Swans each with wonderful bold colouring, signed to the base in blue Dresden and stamped. Measure: 11".

Entitled 'The banquet of Belsazar' a large fine quality Vienna porcelain charger, having a burgundy boarder with scrolling gilded decoration.

From a collection of white and blanc de chine figures we are pleased to offer this fine German porcelain figure of a garden bird by renowned maker Meissen ...

A monumental Royal Vienna Iridescent porcelain portrait vase and cover, Wagner, circa 1880. This Royal Vienna Urn features an exceptional iridescent ...

A fine antique Austrian Royal Vienna handpainted & gilded porcelain cabinet plate, circa 1890. The plate is very finely decorated with a central handpainted scene of the goddess Daph...

A French 19th century hand painted porcelain pair of plaques in pendant Full-length portraits of young women in period costumes in the woods Both signed lower left Bourgeot Napoléon ...