French Vieux Old Paris Hard Paste Porcelain Mantle Vase Satyr Faun Handles
Item History & Price
19th century old Paris hard paste porcelain two part mantle vase, hand-painted floral & cobalt detailing and gilt gold design details on a square base. Oval jewel "lozenges" and satyr faun gilt handles.
Measures: 12-3/8 inches H x 6.25" W.
PLACE OF ORIGINFrance
DATE OF MANUFACTURE1800s
PERIOD19th Century
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUESPorcelain
CONDITIONAs Is/Good Antique Condition. Presents with old repair on bottom of upper portion (not visible as... displayed), old chip on corner of base (see last 2 photos).
DIMENSIONSH 12-3/8 in. x W 6.25 in. x D 6.25 in.
Old Paris porcelain, or as the French say, Vieux Paris, refers not to a single Manufacturer, but to more than thirty porcelain sources, based in the city of Paris, between the mid 1700's until around 1870, at the end of the Second Empire.
The various Paris Artisans, mostly situated in the northeast side of Paris, had to compete with King Louis XV's own Royal Manufactory at Sevres, just 18 miles to the south-west of the city. Old Paris manufactures catered more quickly to changing styles and customs. By the turn of the nineteenth century, nearly all Old Paris porcelain was the hard paste variety.
Around 70 % of the Old Paris production during its era had no mark at all. Much of the blanks or "white ware" were produced by Limoge or Sevres. The Old Paris producers job, was strictly to act as decorators. But magnificent works came from these people. Style was influenced by Neo- Classical, Rococo Revival and Renaissance Revival aesthetics.
With the sensitivity to changing times, the various exponents of Old Paris porcelain are among the finest European porcelain produced of that time. Old Paris porcelains have a historical Rococo Revival style and are quite popular around the world. Such porcelains are particulary popular in the American South, with large collections of Old Paris in the Antebellum great houses in the lower Mississippi River valley.
Measures: 12-3/8 inches H x 6.25" W.
PLACE OF ORIGINFrance
DATE OF MANUFACTURE1800s
PERIOD19th Century
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUESPorcelain
CONDITIONAs Is/Good Antique Condition. Presents with old repair on bottom of upper portion (not visible as... displayed), old chip on corner of base (see last 2 photos).
DIMENSIONSH 12-3/8 in. x W 6.25 in. x D 6.25 in.
Old Paris porcelain, or as the French say, Vieux Paris, refers not to a single Manufacturer, but to more than thirty porcelain sources, based in the city of Paris, between the mid 1700's until around 1870, at the end of the Second Empire.
The various Paris Artisans, mostly situated in the northeast side of Paris, had to compete with King Louis XV's own Royal Manufactory at Sevres, just 18 miles to the south-west of the city. Old Paris manufactures catered more quickly to changing styles and customs. By the turn of the nineteenth century, nearly all Old Paris porcelain was the hard paste variety.
Around 70 % of the Old Paris production during its era had no mark at all. Much of the blanks or "white ware" were produced by Limoge or Sevres. The Old Paris producers job, was strictly to act as decorators. But magnificent works came from these people. Style was influenced by Neo- Classical, Rococo Revival and Renaissance Revival aesthetics.
With the sensitivity to changing times, the various exponents of Old Paris porcelain are among the finest European porcelain produced of that time. Old Paris porcelains have a historical Rococo Revival style and are quite popular around the world. Such porcelains are particulary popular in the American South, with large collections of Old Paris in the Antebellum great houses in the lower Mississippi River valley.
