A PAIR OF PARIS PORCELAIN GOLD-GROUND TOPOGRAPHICAL VASES
A PAIR OF PARIS PORCELAIN GOLD-GROUND TOPOGRAPHICAL VASES

CIRCA 1820, DECORATED BY JEAN-PIERRE FEUILLET, GREEN SCRIPT MARKS, BOTH INCISED 12

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A PAIR OF PARIS PORCELAIN GOLD-GROUND TOPOGRAPHICAL VASES
CIRCA 1820, DECORATED BY JEAN-PIERRE FEUILLET, GREEN SCRIPT MARKS, BOTH INCISED 12
Each of campana form with twin gilt lion mask handles, painted with a rectangular scene of figures walking in mountainous landscape with Italianate buildings in the distance amongst trees, enclosed by a gilt frame tooled with anthemion, above tooled bands of stylised swans and formal foliate scrollwork, stiff leaves and laurel wreaths, the parcel gilt socle foot supported on a white square base, one with flat chip to upper rim and two small chips to socle, the other with flat chip to one corner of base
13 in. (33 cm.) high (2)

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The son of the pastry chef for the prince de Condé, Jean-Pierre Feuillet (1777-1840) learned to paint at the school founded by the prince at his chateau outside Paris in Chantilly. On 20th July 1814 Feuillet set up shop in Paris on the rue de la Paix, under the protection of the prince. Feuillet gained a reputation as one of the best porcelain decorators in the city, and this at the height of production in Paris. He used blanks from a variety of manufacturers including Nast and the Darte Frères and was well known for his Alpine scenes. For further discussion of this decorator and his successors see Régine de Plinval de Guillebon, Faïence et Porcelaine de Paris XVIIIe - XIXe siècles, Paris, 1995, p. 360.

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