Gotha Wartburg Scene Plate

This is a great scenic plate made by Gotha in the mid 19th century. Gotha is probably the best of the Thuringia makers in terms of quality of the paste and painting. They existed from 1757 until 1937 in one form or another. This plate is hand painted with a nice quality large scene filling the entire well of the plate and a nice gold trim. The name under this scene is Wartburg near the town of Eisenach. I have been there years ago and it is an impressive castle for sure! The scene has the castle on top of a hill in the background with a nice landscape scene all around, a large house to the front and if you look really closely an old steam locomotive coming out from behind the hill to the right. That is super fun! Thin gold trim around the edge of the well with a thin and a wide gold band around the edge of the plate. The plate is in great condition with some minor wear to the gilding and a small scratch to the brown area in the center of the scene plus some minor stacking wear to the very edge of the scene which is not obvious at all. It displays perectly! It is marked underneath with the impressed mark of a hen on a hill in an oval and an impressed 3 as shown - though it has sagged a bit during the firing process and touched the kiln bottom which hides the mark a bit. When you shine a light through it it becomes more obvious as shown. The plate is just under 8 inches in diameter and 0.875 inches tall. Please email me for more information or photos.