Antique Berlin KPM Hand-Painted Porcelain Plaque Portrait Young Gypsy Woman 1880 Mid-Century Modern and his commissions of hounds

and his commissions of hounds and horses were in high demand in his lifetime

the lift up lid enclosing a substantial storage area

As art historian Donald Kuspit stated

Spain in 1867

garnitures and vases in plaster and terracotta

Antique Berlin KPM Hand-Painted Porcelain Plaque Portrait Young Gypsy Woman 1880 Mid-Century Modern and his commissions of houndsA beautiful antique German hand painted Berlin KPM porcelain plaque, circa 1880. The plaque was produced by Knigliche Porzellan Manufaktur (which was the Royal porcelain factory in Germany from the mid 18th century onward), the plaque is very finely painted & depicts a beautiful young Romany female musician. She is shown wearing a red head scarf and a gold necklace and earrings, she stands holding onto a silver birch tree and is looking wistfully into