A VIENNA PORCELAIN RECTANGULAR PLAQUE BY JOSEPH NIGG, DATED 1819, IMPRESSED 817 AND P

A VIENNA PORCELAIN RECTANGULAR PLAQUE BY JOSEPH NIGG
DATED 1819, IMPRESSED 817 AND P
Painted with a scroll-handled vase filled with flowers including roses, tulips, poppies, convolvulus and grasses, three insects and a dew drop resting on the petals, before a glass bowl of grapes and a fruiting peach branch, all on a stone ledge, signed and dated ‘Jos. Nigg fecit 1819 / in Wien.’, in a contemporary ormolu frame
16 ¾ in. x 12 ½ in. (42.5 cm. x 31.8 cm.)

Provenance

Probably given to given to Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst, KG, PC (1762-1834) when Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (1812-1827), by Francis I, Emperor of Austria (1768-1835), and by descent in the collection of the Earls Bathurst.