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Jacob Petit Old Paris Porcelain Figurine #1600056

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Jacob Petit Old Paris Porcelain Figurine  #1600056
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This is a great old Paris porcelain figurine by Jacob Petit , France - This 18th century style French maiden has a white dress with gold gilt trim in the peasant style and is standing by a brown tree stump which you could use as a vase - she is in bare feet and standing on a base of green grass - the figurine is approx. 8 1/2" tall and 4 1/2" at its widest - signed on the base in blue ink "J.P." (see photo) - all excellent condition with no chips, lines, crazing or repairs - circa 1840.
French hard-paste porcelain produced by Jacob Petit (1796-1868) was the greatest exponent of these innovations.Petit worked at the porcelain factory at Sèvres as a painter. With his brother Mardochée he bought a porcelain factory in Fontainebleau in 1830, By 1839 Petit employed about 200 craftsmen and enjoyed great successfinally settling in Paris in 1863. The wares he made were of a purely ornamental character;vases, urns, clocks, figures, inkwells and perfume bottles. Of particular interest are the figural veilleuses, or bedside tea warmers, known as personnages. These brightly painted beauties can be found in the form of exotic characters like Chinese noblemen, sultans and sultanas, and fortune tellers, or more mundane subjects, such as nuns or street vendors. Each one is made in several parts, the top being the teapot and the bottom being hollow with an opening in the back to fit the tiny porcelain oil lamp or godet. . The high-quality porcelain may have been fired in Limoges. The usual colours ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Good </td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1840</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:Paris France </td></tr>





<tr><td>Title:Jacob Petit Old Paris Porcelain Figurine </td></tr>

<tr><td>Materials:painted </td></tr>

<tr><td>Location:Historic Baltimore MD</td></tr>
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