Featured does anyone recognize the signature or the chariot scene on this antique plate?

It is framed and I do not have access to the back of the plate.

 

Quick Google search brings up Royal Vienna, same artist sig here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/192218701343 Looks like Reynolds?

 

The title is likely to be The Triumph of Love, or some such... The Triumph of something.

 

It seems to be called ''cupid and three graces'' originally by Angelica Kaufmann. Using cupid + chariot produces a number of examples in searches. MOS suggestion of ''love'' was key to using cupid in the search. Thanks everyone

 

Don't know how or if this helps:

Manufactured by ‘Etablissement Porcher Paris - Revin’, a company founded in 1886 and known for its art deco lavatories. And caters for secret smokers.

 

it might help if I knew what you are referring to Brian. Did they make this plate or something like it? confused.

 

Royal Vienna seems to have done quiet a few of these plates. SOmetime called "Triumph d'Amore." (MOS seems to have recalled it well). Does anyone have a list of painters for ROyal Vienna. I don't see that signature as "Reynolds" by any means.

 

Yours may not be the same but the one on the Ebay link I posted definitely looks like "Reynolds" in my opinion. I had assumed part of your sig had rubbed off because the writing looks very similar.

 

I read the name as Revin. If that is so, then Revin is manufactured by ‘Etablissement Porcher Paris - Revin’. I am not entirely sure that I have read the name [Revin] correctly. It's your call.

 

same scene marked KPM

Vintage KPM Germany Porcelain Cupid and Chariot Decorative Plate 9 1/4" VGC | #2018706903 (worthpoint.com)

marked Blenheim

Cupid Valentines Day Blenheim Pink Roman Love Scene Plate Germany Signed | #1972337158 (worthpoint.com)

includes other similar
cupid chariot plate - page 1 | WorthPoint

 

Lots of great help. Mos almost nailed it cold that was impressive

 

When you see a picture that looks like it could be the main float in a parade, there's a pretty good chance it will be the Triumph of Something.

Triumph of the Church:


Triumph of Bacchus:


Triumph of the Winter Queen:


Triumph of Flora:


Triumph of Death:


Here's a 19th C print, called Returning Home, that parodies the theme:

 

Just taking your post as example, no offense.

"Royal Vienna" never did, as these items are not - in any way - related with what the original Royal Viennese porcelain factory ever made. Even the imitation of the RV style has long passed its limits. Please forget this unbelievable "beehive = Royal Vienna" nonsense; first of all it's not even a 'beehive', even if it may appear as a stylized skep for the uneducated viewer. It's also often incorrectly depicted as standing on its head. Check the Austrian origin of the 'Bindenschild' ("banded shield") - which is part of their imperial crest - for the real deal. See it with the flat side down somewhere and you know there's something wrong.

Also, the last true Royal Vienna items were picked off of the free market well over a hundred years ago. Claims of "orginal RV" and such, nowadays, are plain bullshit. Pardon my French.

The "beehive" marking means zilch, even if it was at first used by decoration studios to indicate that a design was based on the Royal Vienna style; don't forget that it was later also copied and used by many Asian producers. Even the term "style" in this context can be seen as more than heavily diluted, thus meaningless, nowadays.

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People seem to believe that a front face signature represents the true decoration artist and is somehow related with the producer. This is also incorrect.

These signatures point towards the artist which created the original oil painting after which the template for the transfer was made. It was the law to include the artist's signature in such cases as these painters had often died long ago; it was a from of posthumous honouring of their talent.

This also explains why so many different producers or decorators show patterns "created" by one and the same artist (see Kaufmann, Fragonard, Watteau)... the transfers were openly marketed and sold in large numbers, meaning that every Tom, Dick and Harry could buy and use them. Which happened frequently, so trying to hunt down a producer via the front signature is actually quite a waste of time.

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Sorry If I'm treading on a few toes here.

 

I thought that was a very informative post from Chris, but I wonder if he has any opinion on who or what artist signature there is on the plate I posted in the original post?