Paris - pair of romantic vases - rich and fresh gilding - Empire, Restoration

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Paris porcelain, pair of vases, Restoration period
Hard porcelain painted and enhanced with gilding
H. 29.5 cm.
Paris, around 1820-30

This pair of vases has a rich decoration of burnished gold trophies on one side as well as historic scenes on the other. These are typical of the period. These scenes actually repeat romantic clichés... The clothing of the characters represented is resolutely anachronistic, and refers to numerous medieval and Renaissance writings then very fashionable. The handles feature superb palmettes and sun masks.

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.

Historicism
The publication of the collections of Jules Michelet under the Restoration as well as the creation of a “National Novel” which served to lend credibility to the Regime in place; but also the artistic emulation around the writer Walter Scott or the painter Fleury-Richard allowed a real “neogothic” or “gothic revival” artistic vogue.
Ideal for restoring the atmosphere of a Charles X interior.

Condition report:
Very good condition, no cracks, small wear to the gilding on one.

Literature :
Régine de Plinval de Guillebon, earthenware and porcelain from Paris 18th 19th centuries, Faton edition, 1995

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