Lenox China

Imagine eating your roast chicken, Yorkshire pud and two veg off this beautiful young face and bosom. Yes, it's a dinner plate par excellence. The portrait is by Austrian artist Bruno Geyer, who painted it for the Ceramic Art Company in Trenton, New Jersey, USA, around 1905-1906. The plate is bone china with enamel decoration and gold pastework in a design known as Carnations. Click the title link to see two more of Geyer's paintings for what is now known as Lenox China (CLICK) plus three orchid plates by British artist William Morley.