Pillivuyt French Nobility Portrait Plates, Paris porcelain 19th century antiques
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Pillivuyt French Nobility Portrait Plates, Paris porcelain 19th century antiques:
$3500.00
Set of eleven. Hand painted from famous portraits and signed by the artist, or rather initialed L.V.
8 5/8 inches. Gold over black enamel on very translucent porcelain. Mark of Charles Pillivuyt & Co of Paris, France sometime shortly after 1878. Each has the subject\'s name written in gold.
They are:
- Joan of Arc 1412-1431 (2nd picture)
- Queen Marie De Medici 1578-1642, spouse of Henry IV of France
- Marie Sevigne 1626-1696, French aristocrat, an icon of French literature
- Napoleon 1769-1821
- Roi De Rome 1811-1832, Napoleon II
- Josephine 1763-1814, 1st wife of Napoleon
- Princess Margherita of Savoy 1851-1926 and Queen of Italy, spouse of King Umberto I
- Princess Marie Louis 1749-1792
- King Louis XVI of France 1754-1793
- Marie Therese Charlotte 1778-
- Juliette Recamier 1777-1849 French society, lounge sofa named for her, the recamier.
Condition: With only one exception, they are in excellent condition. The exception being the Napoleon plate has a crack as shown. Seems appropriate, doesn\'t it.
We have lots more pictures available on request. Being romantics, we would like to keep the set together if we can.Dinnerware Classics Monroe, Georgia, USA
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Pillivuyt French Nobility Portrait Plates, Paris porcelain 19th century antiques:
$3500.00