A set of eight Vienna-style porcelain plates late 19th/early 20th century

comprising: five plates, each painted with a portrait of a maiden, three signed Wagner, one indistinctly signed, within an elaborately patterned border and a pair of green-bordered plates, each painted, by F. Koller, signed, with a classical figure, pseudo shield marks in underglaze-blue, one with further printed Royal Vienna mantled shield mark.

The plate with the lady holding a wreath has a very minor pinhead chip to the rim (1 o'clock) and a small flaking to the enamel in the cavetto area (7 o'clock). The plate with the scantily draped lady holding a white flower with some chipping to the raised enamel decoration of the jewelled border. The plate with lady wearing a feather hat has a minor chip to a 'bead' in raised gilding of the border around the cavetto (9 o'clock).
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