Plate
Cabinet plates decorated with portraits, flowers, or birds and richly bordered in raised gold paste were fashionable in late-nineteenth-century Paris and Vienna. Bruno Geyer, a Viennese artist about whom little is known, specialized in portraits after European paintings. This plate features a copy of a self-portrait after Angelica Kauffmann. The skill of the artist is evident in the exquisite detail and shading of the painting and in the execution of the raised gold paste border. The original drawing for the border design, called the “Tiffany Special,” is in the Lenox Inc. Archives; the name refers to the luxury emporium that had exclusive rights to sell the plates. A notation on the drawing notes the border was designated for “Geyer Heads,” indicating the design was specifically created for the artist’s portraits.
Artwork Details
- Title: Plate
- Manufacturer: Ceramic Art Company, Trenton, New Jersey (American, 1889–1896)
- Decorator: Bruno Geyer, Austrian, active late 19th century to early 20th century
- Date: ca. 1904
- Geography: Made in Trenton, New Jersey, United States
- Culture: American
- Medium: white bone china, painted with polychrome glazes with red border and gold pastework
- Dimensions: Body diameter: 10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of Emma and Jay Lewis, 2013
- Object Number: 2013.961.5
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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