A rare and superb late 19th century KPM Berlin painted porcelain plaque by R Wagner depicting numerous figures by a trattoria (Italian restaurant) with two females seated on the steps below in conversation, one with a fan the other washing linen in the river in an ornate scroll and shell decorated Florentine giltwood frame, 30 cm x 25 to the image and 52 cm x 47 overall. Provenance: The panel was purchased by the current vendors grandfather in Florence in 1909 as attested to on the back of the plaque and brought out from England and passed down by descent. Wagner is regarded as one of the finest artists in this genre.