Antique Royal Vienna Handpainted Porcelain Cabinet Plate Greek Goddess Daphne circa 1890 Mid-Century Modern Each table is of reverse

Each table is of reverse serpentine shape and having a hinged fold over top

with a Nero Portoro gold veined marble top

this pair were purchased in 1961 and have been with the original owner since they were purchased

The bust pre-dates the German Reformation by half a century

Antique Royal Vienna Handpainted Porcelain Cabinet Plate Greek Goddess Daphne circa 1890 Mid-Century Modern Each table is of reverseA fine antique Austrian Royal Vienna handpainted & gilded porcelain cabinet plate, circa 1890. The plate is very finely decorated with a central handpainted scene of the goddess Daphne seated by a steam in a bucolic setting, with her attendant "Silvie". The border of the plate is almost sumptously decorated with raised gilded panels on blue and red ground, the plate is marked to the verso with Royal Vienna's blue beehive mark and the title "Daphne &