Set of 6 Victoria Austria Royal Court Ladies Nobleman Portrait Plates 1891-1918

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Set of 6 Victoria Austria Royal Court Ladies Nobleman Portrait Plates 1891-1918
Set of 6 porcelain plates with relief molded scrollwork and clouded gold gilding along the edge, and a portrait in the center.
These are all marked Victoria Carlsbad Austria on the back in blue. This mark was used by Schmidt & Co between 1891 and 1918. The portraits are of
King Louis XV who lived between 1710 and 1774. There are two plates of King Louis XV of France.
King Louis XIV, who lived between 1638 and 1715.
Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier (1627 – 1693) known as La Grande Mademoiselle.
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, also known as Madame de Pompadour (1721 – 1764), who was a member of the French court and was the official chief mistress of Louis XV from 1745 to 1751.
And Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Marquise of Montespan (1640 – 1707), better known as Madame de Montespan, who was the most celebrated maîtresse en titre of King Louis XIV of France, by whom she had seven children.
The Madame de Montpensier plate has 1 1/8 inch tight crack extending off the edge. The Louis XIV plate has 2 1/8 inch tight crack extending off the edge and a 7/8 inch in manufacture firing separation extending off the edge. All the plates have some wear to the gilding along the edge, but none of the other 4 plates have any chips or cracks.
Each plate measures approximately 8 3/4 inches wide.
These are antiques and may have small in manufacture firing separations that do not effect the display of the pieces.
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