Porcelain Portrait “Duchess of Devonshire” Georgiana Cavendish in Bronze Frame

Description

A very good quality early 19th Century Austrian, Vienna style convex porcelain plaque depicting a hand painted portrait of the “Duchess of Devonshire.” Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, was an English socialite, political organizer, style icon, author, and activist. Of noble birth from the Spencer family, married into the Cavendish family, she was the first wife of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, and the mother of the 6th Duke of Devonshire. Born 1757, Althorp – Died: 1806, Devonshire House, London. This beautiful plaque is housed in an ornate French bronze frame with background of the original velvet surrounding the plaque.1750

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