CIRCA 1840, BLUE J.P. MONOGRAM MARK

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A JACOB PETIT RETICULATED GREEN-GROUND BRULE PARFUM
CIRCA 1840, BLUE J.P. MONOGRAM MARK
OF ANTIQUE BRAZIER FORM PAINTED WITH FLORAL RESERVES WITHIN GILT SCROLLWORK, THE PIERCED DOMED COVER MADE IN TWO SECTIONS SURMOUNTED BY A FLAME FINIAL ABOVE A RETICULATED GALLERY, THE GADROONED BOWL WITH OPENWORK RIM MOULDED AS ALTERNATE SCROLLS AND SHELLS, RESTING ON A CENTRAL BALUSTER STEM MOULDED WITH PALMETTES AND ACANTHUS, SUPPORTED BY THREE MONOPODIA VOLUTES, EACH HEADED BY A LION MASK AND TERMINATING IN A PAW FOOT, ON A STEPPED TRIPARTITE FAUX GRIOTTE ROUGE BASE
19¾ IN. (50 CM.) HIGH (2)

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THIS FORM WAS CREATED BY JACOB PETIT FOR THE EXPOSITION DES PRODUITS DE L'INDUSTRIE IN 1834. FOR AN ILLUSTRATED ENGRAVING SEE L'INDUSTRIE BY STéPHANE FLACHAT; FOR A COMMENTARY AND AN ILLUSTRATION OF THIS OBJECT SEE RéGINE DE PLINVAL DE GUILLEBON'S ARTICLE 'JACOB PETIT LE PLUS ROMANTIQUE DES PORCELAINIERS PARISIENS', L'ESTAMPILLE L'OBJET D'ART', N. 311, 1977, P. 51. COMPARE THE ZIESENISS COLLECTION, PARIS, 5 & 6 DECEMBER 2001, LOT 20.

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