A RARE ROYAL WORCESTER EATHERNWARE PLAQUE

A RARE ROYAL WORCESTER EATHERNWARE PLAQUE, DATED 1880 painted in the Barbotine manner by G Siéver, signed and dated with the head of a young woman, the back in turquoise majolica glaze, 40.5cm diam, oval impressed mark, incised artist's monogram, date 80 and title Agnes La jouvencelleAccording to the 1881 census, Louis Gustave Siever (born 1854), a native of Grenoble who is described as an "artiste-painter" lodged with the family of Samuel Ranford, one of the factory's finest porcelain decorators, at 9 College Yard Precincts, Worcester.