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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Brian Warshaw, post: 8412271, member: 16674&quot;]I am building up quite a nice collection of works by Emile Madesclaire Jeune (active 1929 to 1940) and when I saw this plate or charger, I wanted it.&nbsp; Although I don’t particularly like still life paintings.</p><p><br /></p><p>Apart from this plate, the only other full plate decoration by Madesclaire that I have seen is that posted by &quot;Kingjoker&quot; 17 February 2017.&nbsp; And I search the internet extensively.</p><p><br /></p><p>The seller didn&#039;t say much about it except mentioning Madesclaire and hand painted.&nbsp; Nothing about size, so that was a surprise.&nbsp; The decorator/artist is &quot;Nordap&quot; or &quot;Noidap&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>It arrived yesterday and I discovered it was 43 cm x 29 cm x 4 cm, enormous.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]427254[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Can some of you help me with:-</p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; Information about the decorator/artist Nordap; </p><p>2&nbsp;&nbsp; Madesclaire was Limoges based; but there is no secondary Limoges mark on&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; the plate.&nbsp; Can one assume it is porcelain;</p><p>3&nbsp;&nbsp; Am I right in assuming this would have been a cabinet plate rather than&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; a functional one, although there is wear on the gilded rim;</p><p>4&nbsp;&nbsp; Can you determine if it is hand painted.&nbsp; The last photograph is of a manufacturing&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; blemish in the porcelain and paintwork, about 3mm diameter;</p><p>5&nbsp;&nbsp; Assuming it is hand painted would it have been copied inhouse by other&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; decorators using the Nordap name, or would that have been illegal;</p><p>6&nbsp;&nbsp; Is it likely that it would have been commissioned as a one-off plate; </p><p>7&nbsp;&nbsp; A ballpark price it might sell for, although it is not my intention to sell?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]427255[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]427256[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]427260[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]427261[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]427262[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]427263[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]427264[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]427265[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]427266[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Many thanks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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