New! - Lover's Eye Painting on an English Black China Plate

Lover's Eye miniature paintings were popular in the late 18th and early 19th centuries (Georgian and Regency periods), and were frequently incorporated in rings and lockets. This is a larger, modern version in oil, on an antique, English C&S Ltd plate in the "Italian Border" pattern, with a black glaze background and a border of gold gilt and red, turquoise, and white raised enamel dots. 4.75"