New! - Lover's Eye Painting on an English Red & Gold 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, Royal Grafton bone china saucer in a dee red with gold gilt botanical border and lightly scalloped edges. 5.5"