Pretty porcelain photo frame

hi folks

pretty photo frame i got from an auction

thinking its hand painted but not 100%

any ideas on age maker etc

thank you

 

Those are typical transferware. If contemporary to her, World War I-ish.

Debora

 

Sweet. Take a magnifying glass and see if you can discern little dots in the painting; that would mean it's a transfer and not handpainted. Brush strokes would mean the opposite. And transfers can have a little handpainted embellishment. My feeling is middle third of the 20th c.

 

hi there

yeah no dots up close with a loupe, and definite brush strokes
but as you say, could be painted on top of a transfer

 

very helpful, thanks deb

 

That said... I don't think I've ever seen an antique porcelain frame. They were popular kinda 1960s on. What is the backing fabric? (Beyond "blue," of course.)

Debora

 

hi deb

the blue backing is a thick paper type over porcelain. middle part is blue paper over wood

 

brush strokes under light

 

I suspect it's a miniature frame which someone has reused for a photo. That flower decoration is quite 19th C.

 

now why didnt i think of that, excellent thought, thanks obb

continental ?

 

I'd like to see some examples of 19th c. similars.

Debora

 

The painting is 19th in style, imo. I've an older Meissen vase, for example, with similar and have owned and seen, oh, Coalport and stuff. Even the choice and variety of the blooms. I'm rather inclined to German. Wonder what's under that backing.

 

Yeah I am very tempted to look under, it's just risky with those old tabs, once they snap n all

 

Yeah, I'm sticking to my dating more or less. Those tabs are earlier ones, so first half 20th c. As OBB has stated, the floral decoration is Meissen/continental like, but I still think it's a 20th c. item. JMHO.