Antique French Limoges Enamel on Copper Miniature Portrait Plaque Madonna and Child victorian silver Likely Austrian or German in

Likely Austrian or German in origin

of Chicago

Auguste began creating sculptural works alongside his older brothers Hippolyte and Mathurin

the gallery measures 4 1/8" wide x 1 3/8" height

Finished with a stunning wheel cut 32-point starburst at the base

Antique French Limoges Enamel on Copper Miniature Portrait Plaque Madonna and Child victorian silver Likely Austrian or German inAntique French 17th 18th century Limoges enamel painting on an oval cambered copper plaque. Portraying a lovely scene of the Holy Mother, the Virgin Mary holding the baby Jesus in her lap in a tender embrace, their heads crowned with radiant halos. The portrait exhibits carefully rendered expressions with delicate features in beautiful colors bordered by scrolling foliate of raised white enamel, embellished in gold painted accents, on a dark red brown