Picture plate with genre scene. Round. Gold-framed octagonal reserve with "picture in picture" motif in a slightly recessed mirror. In front of an implied colonnade, a genre painting on an easel, depicting a rural interior with a maid and a seated man in front of a fireplace. Fine, polychrome painting. Stylised ornamental border of palmettes and laurel wreaths in repeat on the banner. Inscribed maker's mark "Dihl" in gold. D. 24.5 cm. Provenance: from the important collection of the Frankfurt banking family von Bethmann, which grew over generations. A French porcelain plate finely painted with rural scene. Inscribed manufacturer's mark in gold. France. Paris. Dihl et Guérhard. Circa 1820.