The rectangular plaque depicting a young woman in a 'jeweled' Renaissance dress and holding a fan, signed E. Pages, against a cobalt and gilt scroll ground, the enameling attributed to Emile Delforge, after the painting by Alfred Francois Gues, in a giltwood frame.

Note: Emile Delforge was awarded silver and gold medals at the Paris salon of 1885. For a related plaque, Christie's, New York, 20 October 2009, lot 128.