March Auction
Lot 284:
Very Fine Set 6 Hand Painted Lenox Porcelain Cabinet Plates for Tiffany and Co., Circa 1905
Description
A very fine set of six hand painted Lenox porcelain cabinet plates by artist Eugene DeLan (working 1896-1915), previously retailed by Tiffany and Co. Each plate showing a richly embossed gilt border surrounding a central field decorated with a hand-painted game fish in a naturalistic aquatic vignette, all signed E.A. DeLan. The species of each fish is referenced on the reverse of each plate in gilt, together with maker’s marks for Lenox Porcelain Company and retailer marks for Tiffany and Co. Each species of fish is exquisitely hand painted illustrated is titled sequentially, Tarpon, Brook Trout, Pickerel, Shad, Striped Bass, White Perch. 9 inches diameter.
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