A CONTINENTAL POLYCHROME PAINTED PORCELAIN PORTRAIT PLAQUE OF A PRINCESS MAIDEN, POSSIBLY FRENCH, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, in the Empire taste and of oval shape, centering a lovely hand painted Princess, crowned with a pearl detailed gilt diadem amidst upswept golden curls, above a simple pearl necklace and wearing a white Empire style dress, enclosed by a conforming bronze border of continuous anthemions and a giltwood trimmed mahogany frame with a gilt bronze pendant modeled as a spread winged eagle encircled by a ribbon tied wreath. Height: 12 3/4" Width: 8 5/8"