Antique Romanian Porcelain Armorial Plate

1895, hand-painted and gilt porcelain plate featuring a gray fish underwater to center, soft brown swirled trim with blue and white floral accents, and a crest featuring an armored arm holding a sword with a severed head, the underside inscribed in Hungarian "Senták I---o / Porzellán Festészete / Kolozsvari / 1895." (Senták I---o / Porcelain Painting / Cluj-Napoca / 1895.).

9 5/8 in. diameter

From the Collection of Piroska Szabo, a Member of the Wake Audubon Society and the Raleigh Garden Club

Gilt rubbing to rim; some small areas of paint rubbing; with wall hanger affixed to underside.