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A Pair of Vienna Plates
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Dates
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1790
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Medium
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Porcelain
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Origin
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Austria
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Description
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A fine pair of Vienna plates painted with fashionable figures showing the costume and hairstyles of the period. The decoration is taken from a series of engravings entitled ""Gallerie des Modes et Costumes Francaise"" The coeffure au colisee (coliseum hairstyle) was a ladies hairstyle in the 18th century.
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Signed / Dated
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Date mark 90 impressed for 1790
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Literature
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V. Martin The Viennese Porcelain, cups and saucers pp.34 and 35, No 14 and 15.
J. S. Cox - An illustrated Dictionary of Hairdressing and Wig-making p.43.
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