Antique Handpainted porcelain plaque. Artist Signed and dated, and identity of sitter on the back. Artist almost certainly English. Comes in a lovely gilt French

frame. Circa 1900. 

Plaque a little over 4 1/2 inches long X 3 1/2 inches wide. Total length of frame is approx 6 1/2 inches. 

Oval plaque depicting a serious and sensitive thin man. Short hair cut as was the fashion during the late Victorian era. He wears a dark, earthy jacket, with

wonderful texture depicted, a blue tie with tie-pin. The face is fantastically painted with tremendous compassion and sensitivity. Almost every hair is shown, the

eyes look dreamingly into the distance and the high cheeckbones leading to a sensuous mouth give a slightly exotic look to the sitter. 

The painting is signed on the lower right, FF Spaulding and what appears to be the date 1901. The back of the plaque has embossed factory marks - see 'photos. The

back of the easel metal frame has handwritten information, naming the sitter, who was the father-in-law of the artist's wife. Martin Luther Harrister (Last name not

quite legible/easy to read) My wife Ediths' father. 

The gilt metal frame with raised foliate decoration  and a wreath and leafy swags on top. The wreath turns in a little at the top. A loop for hanging or easel for

standing the painting.