"Diana" chryselephantine plate.
Signed C. Muller. Period and Liberty style. France manufacture. Diana holds her bow in her left hand, an arrow in her right hand and below the dog, her attribute together with the moon that adorns his forehead. The chryselephantine works combine ivory with metal, in this case melted and then silvered. The statuary is more common, widely executed in the late nineteenth century, plates such as this one are very rare. Charles Arthur Muller Flavigny-sur -Moselle 1868 / Paris - (Ec.Fr.) - Sculptor. Hector Lamaire's pupil at the Fine Arts of Paris. He exhibited for the first time at the Salon de la Société des Artistes Francais in 1895, and elected Member in 1898. Honorable Mention in 1902. Medal of t