This is an awesome Portrait of a Little Girl holding a bird in her hand, and with white daisies in the foreground. The little girl has brown hair and blue eyes, and is wearing a bonnet. The workmanship is exquisite and any collector of fine art ceramics would be happy to own this portrait that was painted on porcelain by Texas artist, Lou Hubbard.
The flat, oval porcelain platter that was used for this portrait has a raised perimeter. It was produced by Gerold Porzellan, Bavaria and the underside carries the gold stamp: Gerold Porzellan, Made in Western Germany. The gold stamp signifies that the item was made for export.
The flat oval porcelain platter measures almost 10" tall and 7" wide.
Lou Hubbard is a recognized porcelain artist.
The porcelain plate is painted with an overglaze and fired in the kiln so that the paint can bond with the glaze. The process of painting involves using a dry mineral paint that is mixed with usually an oil of some kind to allow it to be applied to the buy porcelain. When fired in a kiln to around 1400 degrees the mineral color permeates the glaze and becomes permanent. The colors are translucent like watercolor so colors are layered over each other in multiple kiln firings.
Product code: Portrait of a Little Girl, Hand buy Painted on Porcelain, Signed Lou Hubbard, Gerold Porzellan, Bavaria