Antique French Limoges Hand Painted Porcelain Plate Teal Duck Landing Gold Encrusted Game Bird hand painted roses plate This is an old piece

This is an old piece

circa 1840-50

75" and is in wonderful condition

Measures 10 5/8"

or the head of a recognizable person or character

Antique French Limoges Hand Painted Porcelain Plate Teal Duck Landing Gold Encrusted Game Bird hand painted roses plate This is an old pieceCirca 1892 1920 Antique Teal Duck in Landing Plate Here is a very beautifully hand painted Limoges plate. It depicts a wild, teal colored duck in a landing position. Below is a pond with a lily pad and flower and some other water reeds and grasses. You can see the layers of paint, especially when turned to the light at an angle. Gold raised encrusting outlines the vegetation and highlights the duck. Gilding embellishes the scalloped rim further. It is