Lot 275
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A PAIR OF JACOB PETIT GREEN-GROUND FOOTED POT-POURRI VASES AND COVERS
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A PAIR OF JACOB PETIT GREEN-GROUND FOOTED POT-POURRI VASES AND COVERS

MID 19TH CENTURY, BLUE J.P. MARKS, THE PAINTING PROBABLY BY DARTES FRERES

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A PAIR OF JACOB PETIT GREEN-GROUND FOOTED POT-POURRI VASES AND COVERS
Mid 19th century, blue J.P. marks, the painting probably by Dartes Freres
Each domed cover surmounted by a large flame finial resting in a conical surround above the paneled floral ground, the pierced gallery as variant acanthus S-scrolls and cornucopiae centering harebells, above a conforming gadrooned bowl, supported on a central stem with gilt acanthus terminal and three gilt addorsed monopodia lion feet, all on a stepped trefoil base
19 in. (49.5 cm.) high (4)
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Lot Essay

The present model was created by Jacob Petit for L'Exposition des Produits de l'Industrie of 1834.

See Régine de Plinval de Guillebon, "Jacob Petit, Le plus romantique des porcelainiers parisiens", L'Estampille/Objet d'art, No 311, March 1997, p. 51 for the original design as engraved by Stéphane Flachat for L'Industrie in 1834; also The Collection of Charles-Otto Zieseniss, Christie's Paris, 5-6 December 2001, lot 20 and anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 11 April 2007, lot 230 for other examples.

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