ANTIQUE HP AUSTRIAN PLATE BUTTERFLIES ARTIST C.W. 1894 LEONARD VIENNA & NYC

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A MAGNIFICENT AND UNUSUAL, HAND PAINTED, ANTIQUE, VIENNA, AUSTRIAN PLATE CIRCA 1880-1898.  IT IS DELICATELY DECORATED IN AN ELABORATE MULTIPLE BUTTERFLY DESIGN WITH SCROLLED AND SCALLOPED BORDERS.
THE DESIGN HAS BLUE ENAMELING ON THE WINGS OF THE BUTTERFLIES WITH THREE DOTS MISSING.  THE RAISED GOLD SCROLLWORK AROUND THE OUTSIDE EDGE ENCOMPASSES PEARLIZED ENAMELING THAT CHANGES COLOR UNDER DIFFERENT LIGHTING.
THE RIM OF THE PLATE IS SEVERELY FLUTED AND SCALLOPED.  BRUSHED GOLD ENHANCES THE CENTER OF THE PLATE AROUND THE BUTTERFLIES.
THIS DECORATIVE PLATE MEASURES 8 INCHES WIDE AT ITS WIDEST PART.  IT BEARS TWO MARKS ON THE UNDERSIDE---AND A VERY MINUTE FLEA BITE ON THE INSIDE OF THE BASE RIM.  THE ARTIST'S SIGNATURE: "C. W. 1894" APPEARS IN GOLD.  A GREEN CIRCLE MARK UNDERGLAZE BEARS: "LEONARD VIENNA AUSTRIA."  PETER H. LEONARD WAS AN IMPORTER OF FINE PORCELAIN IN NEW YORK CITY; WHO STARTED HIS BUSINESS IN 1880 AND IT CONTINUED UNTIL 1898; AND LATER 'RESURRECTED' AS A BUSINESS BY ANNA LEONARD IN 1908.  DURING HIS EARLY YEARS LEONARD USED DIFFERENT MARKS; BOUGHT FROM MANY DIFFERENT PORCELAIN FACTORIES IN EUROPE; AND SOME USED ONE OF HIS MARKS FOR THEIR OWN BLANKS.
THIS EXQUISITE PLATE IS A FINE EXAMPLE OF ANTIQUE, HAND PAINTED, DECORATIVE WORK ON PORCELAIN TO DISPLAY WITH PRIDE ANYWHERE IN THE HOME, OFFICE, STORE, OR SHOP.
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