Late 19th Century Victoria Carlsbad Austria Cabinet Plate

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Antique Victoria Carlsbad Austria Blue & Gilt Portrait Cabinet Plate Signed Kaufmann featuring a classic neoclassical transfer or hand-painted motif … Read more Antique Victoria Carlsbad Austria Blue & Gilt Portrait Cabinet Plate Signed Kaufmann featuring a classic neoclassical transfer or hand-painted motif after Angelica Kauffman.

Made by Victoria Carlsbad in Austria, dating to the late 19th or early 20th century, this plate features a powder-blue rim with ornate gold-gilt filigree and a central classical figural scene depicting Renaldo and Armida, the characters of an 1851 epic poem.

Rinaldo is a fierce and heroic Christian knight fighting to capture Jerusalem.
Armida is a beautiful, cunning Saracen sorceress sent by the forces of evil to bewitch the Christian soldiers and ruin their army

This plate has a wire attached through the back for display purposes when hung on the wall.


Markings: Typically bears the Victoria Carlsbad Austria backstamp alongside a signature attributed to Angelica Kauffman See less