A PAIR OF PARIS MATTE-BLUE GROUND THREE-TIERED DESSERT STANDS

CIRCA 1830, IRON-RED STENCILLED MARKS FOR RIHOUET A PARIS TO EACH

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A PAIR OF PARIS MATTE-BLUE GROUND THREE-TIERED DESSERT STANDS
CIRCA 1830, IRON-RED STENCILLED MARKS FOR RIHOUET A PARIS TO EACH
The three graduated levels assembled on a central baluster stem with paired gilt-wreath finial and trumpet foot, painted with three bouquets of brightly colored flowers forming a loose garland, the shaped matte-blue border gilt and chased with a garland of oak leaves and acorns, vari-lobed gilt line rim
15¾ in. (40 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

In 1818, Louis-Marie-François Rihouët established himself in Paris as a porcelain decorator, moving the firm to the rue de La Paix and adding fine glass to his inventory around 1830. The strength of the business was in beautifully painted table wares, of which the present pair of tiered cake stands is an example.

Cf. Régine Plinval de Guillebon, Porcelain of Paris 1770-1850, translated by Robin R. Charleston, New York, 1972, pp. 294, 345.

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