Antique Berlin KPM Hand-Painted Porcelain Plaque Portrait Young Gypsy Woman 1880 Mid-Century Modern the son of Ventura Abril

the son of Ventura Abril and Sarah Varela Abril

The bowl decorated in under-glazed blue & white and has a band of reticulation around the outside

During his studies at the University of Arts in Berlin

The needlepoint is very finely and delicately rendered

Antique Berlin KPM Hand-Painted Porcelain Plaque Portrait Young Gypsy Woman 1880 Mid-Century Modern the son of Ventura AbrilA beautiful antique German hand painted Berlin KPM porcelain plaque, circa 1880. The plaque was produced by Knigliche Porzellan Manufaktur (which was the Royal porcelain factory in Germany from the mid 18th century onward), the plaque is very finely painted & depicts a beautiful young Romany female musician. She is shown wearing a red head scarf and a gold necklace and earrings, she stands holding onto a silver birch tree and is looking wistfully into