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Base or support in polychrome Paris porcelain enhanced with gilding, decorated with a bird and butterflies surrounded by large floral garlands, base decorated with stylized shells and scrolled legs, signed JP for Jacob Petit*, 19th century.
This base is in good condition and is very decorative. Signed underneath.
Please note: some scratches on the top, two original holes on the top, slight wear to the gilding in places, wear of time, take a good look at the photos.
The most famous porcelain maker of the century did not have the vocation of ceramist. He began by studying painting at Gros, then traveled around Europe. England gave him a taste for decorative objects: on his return to France in 1830, he hastened to publish a Collection of Interior Decoration including everything related to furniture. Soon, porcelain seemed to him the best way to express his tastes. In Sèvres , a temporary workshop would be a first attempt. Around 1830, Jacob Petit set up a business in Belleville. With the help of success and ambition, in 1838, the porcelain maker bought the modest company of Baruch Weill , in Fontainebleau; it was a success, he quickly tripled the number of workers. In 1850, he grouped his two factories in Avon, but a few years later, in 1862, he withdrew to rue du Paradis-Poissonnière, handing over his business to one of his workers, Jacquemain.
