A PAIR OF PARIS PARCEL-GILT AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED PORCELAIN URNS MOUNTED AS LAMPS
A PAIR OF PARIS PARCEL-GILT AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED PORCELAIN URNS MOUNTED AS LAMPS

CIRCA 1830, ATTRIBUTED TO JACOB-PETIT

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A PAIR OF PARIS PARCEL-GILT AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED PORCELAIN URNS MOUNTED AS LAMPS
Circa 1830, attributed to Jacob-Petit
Each faceted campagna form urn painted with chinoiserie scenes within reserves, the satyrs mask handles above a faceted waisted socle foot and step-moled plinth base similar painted, on a later giltwood square foot, electrified
23½in. (59.5cm.) high overall (2)
Provenance
With David Weiss.

Lot Essay

These vases can be attributed to the firm of Jacob-Petit. First cited in the Almanach du Commerce in 1834, Jacob-Petit established themselves at Sèvres in 1847 in association with Moriot père and by 1850 employed 150 workers. Their success, however, was to a large part responsible for their bankruptcy in 1848, as their succesful models were plagiarised, their apprentices poached by the competition and their manufacturing techniques became increasingly expensive.

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