Floral Coupe with Tritons
France, Circa 1870
During the Second Empire, Parisian high society developed a passion for the 18th century, reviving the fashion for mounted objects. This antique Napoleon III period coupe in Paris porcelain and gilt bronze, crafted circa 1870, is a prime example: precious porcelain dressed in bronze, designed to adorn drawing room tables and mantelpieces. The porcelain adopts the most admired colour of the Sèvres manufacture, the famous “bleu céleste”, a luminous turquoise. A delicate gilded trellis of lozenges and florets frames reserves finely painted with bouquets of roses, pansies, and forget-me-nots of exquisite delicacy. Inside, floral garlands meander across a white ground. The chased and gilt bronze mount lends the piece its full theatricality. Two acanthus-scroll handles, enriched with beading, terminate in satyr masks. The gadrooned foot, adorned with laurel, rests upon four tritons reclining on rocaille rockwork, as if emerging from the sea to bear the coupe. Placed at the centre of a table or atop a console, it can hold fruit or flowers, or simply be admired for the harmonious interplay of its colours and gilding.
5 800 €
- Artist / Maker
- Porcelaine de Paris
- Circa
- 1870
- Origin
- France
Dimensions
- Height : 11.8 in(30 cm)
- Width : 14 in(35.5 cm)
- Depth : 9.8 in(25 cm)
Technique / Materials
- Porcelain, Gilt bronze
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