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Stunning French Lavish Gilt Porcelain Ink Stand of Museum Quality and generous proportions, made by renowned French porcelain maker Jacob …
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Stunning French Lavish Gilt Porcelain Ink Stand of Museum Quality and generous proportions, made by renowned French porcelain maker Jacob Petit. Last quarter of the Nineteenth Century, possibly earlier.
The main frame of shaped rectangular form raised on scrolling supports with a central clam shell decoration, on top a seated English Mastiff Dog beside twin drum shaped inkwells.
Condition: Superb untouched condition with nice surface patination and very light evidence of use, original inkwells, Mark of JP in underglaze blue underneath.
Width: 9.75" (24.5cm). Depth: (at base) 6.25” (15.5cm). Height: (entire) 6.75” (17cm).
Location: Dublin City, Ireland.
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Provenance: Purchased from the estate of American Acyress Ava Gardner (1992-1990) by renowned London Antiques Dealer Kenneth Neame of Mount Street, Mayfair, London.
Jacob Petit Porcelain: French hard-paste porcelain produced by Jacob Petit (b. 1796). Petit worked at the porcelain factory at Sèvres as a painter. With his brother Mardochée he bought a porcelain factory in Fontainebleau in 1830, finally settling in Paris in 1863. The wares he made were of a purely ornamental character; e.g., vases, scent bottles, statuettes, clocks. The high-quality porcelain may have been fired in Limoges. The usual colours are pale pink, light green, mauve, black, and gold. The shapes are idiosyncratic interpretations of the 18th-century rocaille style typical of the popular preference for the neo-Rococo during Louis-Philippe’s reign (1830–48).
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- Dimensions
- 9.75ʺW × 6.25ʺD × 6.75ʺH
- Styles
- French
- Period
- Mid 19th Century
- Country of Origin
- France
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Porcelain
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Blue
- Condition Notes
- Superb untouched condition with nice surface patination and very light evidence of use, original inkwells, Mark of JP in underglaze … moreSuperb untouched condition with nice surface patination and very light evidence of use, original inkwells, Mark of JP in underglaze blue underneath. less
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