Beautiful Art Nouveau Period Hand Painted Limoges Porcelain Portrait Plate. This is a real beauty. The center of the plate is hand painted with lovely Art Nouveau period maiden. It is artist signed at the bottom, but was difficult to photograph the signature. (see photo #4). The name looks like Sovstret. The border of the plate is gold gilded. It shows normal wear appropriate for age, mostly within the purple area. The back is marked as shown in photo #5 with manufacture/decorator mark G. Demartine, in business from late 1800's to early 1900. It also has the retailer mark. No chips, dings or nicks or scratches. The portrait plate is 9 5/8" diameter.
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