Bowl (2) - Porcelain
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Two-piece porcelain French broth cup and its original saucer, dating to 1850–1900, in good used condition with minor age wear, cup height 9 cm and mouth diameter 16 cm, saucer diameter 20 cm, decorated by hand with polychrome flower bouquets and foliate garlands, incised L mark and small potter’s marks beneath the base.
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Manifacture: France
Period: 19th century
Large soup cup (écuelle) with white porcelain saucer decorated in polychromy with bouquets of flowers and phytomorphic garlands
Porcelain, hand-painted in polychrome enamels; rim molded in relief.
Measurements: saucer diameter 20 cm; cup height 9 cm; mouth diameter 16 cm
Marks: Impressed letter "L" and small potter's marks under the base of the cup.
Condition: Excellent overall condition. Minor and usual superficial wear to the glaze on the underside of the saucer, consistent with age and use.
Lot description
Refined and elegant handleless soup cup, accompanied by its original coordinated saucer. The ensemble stands out for the purity of the white paste and the crisp profiling of the rims, enhanced by a delicate polygonal relief shaping that follows the perimeter of both pieces.
The Cup:
With a hemispherical body flaring upward, it rests on a low ring foot. The exterior surface is masterfully hand-painted with large, asymmetrical floral bouquets, featuring a large pinkish-yellow open rose, tulips, anemones, and seed heads of smaller wildflowers, executed with vibrant painterly freedom and a rich color palette.
The Saucer:
Features a deep cavetto outlined by a continuous trailing garland of vegetation with small green leaves, a motif echoing the same border on the cup’s rim and foot. In the center of the plate is a coordinated floral bouquet, surrounded along the rim by smaller bouquets arranged with studied asymmetry.
Under the base of the cup there is an impressed letter "L" embedded in the porcelain’s body, accompanied by small potter’s marks, elements essential for identifying the atelier’s craftsmen.
Historical-critical note
The elegant decoration of “bouquets of flowers” (inspired by the famous Deutsche Blumen of Meissen) reflects the great naturalistic vogue that dominated the main European courts between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Manifacture: France
Period: 19th century
Large soup cup (écuelle) with white porcelain saucer decorated in polychromy with bouquets of flowers and phytomorphic garlands
Porcelain, hand-painted in polychrome enamels; rim molded in relief.
Measurements: saucer diameter 20 cm; cup height 9 cm; mouth diameter 16 cm
Marks: Impressed letter "L" and small potter's marks under the base of the cup.
Condition: Excellent overall condition. Minor and usual superficial wear to the glaze on the underside of the saucer, consistent with age and use.
Lot description
Refined and elegant handleless soup cup, accompanied by its original coordinated saucer. The ensemble stands out for the purity of the white paste and the crisp profiling of the rims, enhanced by a delicate polygonal relief shaping that follows the perimeter of both pieces.
The Cup:
With a hemispherical body flaring upward, it rests on a low ring foot. The exterior surface is masterfully hand-painted with large, asymmetrical floral bouquets, featuring a large pinkish-yellow open rose, tulips, anemones, and seed heads of smaller wildflowers, executed with vibrant painterly freedom and a rich color palette.
The Saucer:
Features a deep cavetto outlined by a continuous trailing garland of vegetation with small green leaves, a motif echoing the same border on the cup’s rim and foot. In the center of the plate is a coordinated floral bouquet, surrounded along the rim by smaller bouquets arranged with studied asymmetry.
Under the base of the cup there is an impressed letter "L" embedded in the porcelain’s body, accompanied by small potter’s marks, elements essential for identifying the atelier’s craftsmen.
Historical-critical note
The elegant decoration of “bouquets of flowers” (inspired by the famous Deutsche Blumen of Meissen) reflects the great naturalistic vogue that dominated the main European courts between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Details
Era
1400-1900
Number of objects
2
Country of origin
France
Material
Porcelain
Condition
Good condition - used with small signs of ageing
Height
16 cm
Width
20 cm
Depth
20 cm
Estimated period
1850-1900
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