Floral Plate #5

This is a nice floral plate made by Royal Vienna in the 18th century before they started using the date codes in the 1780s. The piece is hand painted with a nice floral arrangement in the well of the plate with three smaller flowers and a leaf filling in the rest of the space. The rim has a nice basket weave relief design to it with five more flowers over that and a brown trim to the edge. What is interesting regarding this piece is that it came in a set of eight plates all of which were painted by a different painter working for them so you can compare their styles and use of colors. Quite neat! I am listing them all separately. The painter in this case here is probably Lorenz Kastner who worked for the factory from 1775 until 1836. The plate is in superb condition. It is marked with the under glaze blue shield mark underneath as well as the painter's mark 31. and an impressed letter N near the foot ring as shown.The plate is 1.25 inches tall and 9.625 inches in diameter. Please email me for more information or photos.