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Paris porcelain, cup and saucer, Restoration period
Hard porcelain painted and enhanced with gilding
H. 11.5 cm.
Paris, around 1820
This cup and its saucer are decorated with a rich decoration colored in pink, with a frieze of palmettes. The porcelain is finely enhanced with gilding.
Hard porcelain in Paris at the beginning of the 19th century
Unlike earthenware factories, porcelain factories flourished under the Empire, particularly in Paris. The period 1800-1820 can be considered the golden age of porcelain in Paris. Nineteen factories already existed in Paris in 1800 but only seven of them were founded under the Ancien Régime: Dihl and Guérard, Houzel, Lemaire and Josse, Pouyat and Russinger, Schoelcher, Despréz and Nast.
Unlike the period of the last twenty years of the 18th century, marked by the transition from rocaille to antique simplicity, the first thirty years of the 19th century experienced the opposite, evolving from antique sobriety towards rococo. Our sugar bowl, with its simple and elegant shape and the frieze decoration, testifies to the virtuosity of the artisans in Paris at the beginning of the 19th century. The richness of the gilding highlights also shows that this is a real quality piece.
Condition report:
Very good condition, no cracks, small wear to the gilding and painted decoration.
Literature :
Régine de Plinval de Guillebon, earthenware and porcelain from Paris 18th 19th centuries, Faton edition, 1995
Ref: 34B5XZDQFD