Lot 39 , A large Royal Vienna style porcelain charger depicting a scene from Othello

A large Royal Vienna style porcelain charger depicting a scene from Othello

A large Royal Vienna style porcelain charger depicting a scene from Othello, late 19th century,
hand painted with Act 1 Scene 3 from Shakespeare's play, Othello stood before the Duke of Venice and Senate, signed in the lower right corner 'C. Heer', within gilt jewelled borders to a pale blue ground, and compartments decorated with griffins, urns and scrolling foliage in the Renaissance taste to an oxblood ground, the reverse with blue overglaze pseudo-Bindenschild and inscribed 'Othello', 50cm diameter
£600-800

Sold for £850