These wonderful little French cachepots have among their many attributes the fabulous colors of yellow and puce. Each little pot has a different scene painted in this wonderful color on the front and the back, and each pot has slightly different scenes than the other. We have little fat cherubs on one side and a serene little landscape on the other. Under each painting is a swag of tiny unglazed white porcelain flowers and leaves, hand formed mind you, not molded, and they are kind of caught ...click for details
Offered here is a beautiful Louis style French porcelain box with ormolu trim for trinkets or stamps or...nothing at all. The colors are bright and the design of roses and other small flowers, and the c-scrolls are hand painted. The bottom is marked with a mark similar to an old Sevres mark and "made in France". The little box is in fine condition and measures 2.5" by 2.5" and it is 1.5" high. Early-ish 20th century.
Offered here is a fine, hand decorated game bird platter and 10 plates. The were made in Limoges, France and were decorated by Lazeyrus, Rosenfeld and Lehman, circa 1920. There are 3 plates with a mallard (?) drake and hen, three plates with a pair of quail, two plates with either doves or some type of grouse, and two plates with a duck and a baby duck. The platter is quail with young. The platter measures 16" and the plates are 8.5".
Offered here is one of a pair of late 19th- early 20th century French transferware sauce tureens with the under tray and ladle. The design is one of roses and lattice in green on a white ground. This one has a tiny fleabite on the lid that is barely visible. There are no other flaws that I see. The tureen is 7.5" across. The tray is 9" by 6". Including the tray and to the top of the finial the tureen is about 4.5" high. No markings.
Offered here is one of a pair of late 19th- early 20th century French transferware sauce tureens with the under tray and ladle. The design is one of roses and lattice in green on a white ground. This one has a small rim chip on the underside of the scalloped rim on the base. There is also a tiny chip on the underside of the lid. These are really not visible unless you are looking for them. There are no other flaws that I see. The tureen is 7.5" across. The tray is 9" by 6". ...click for details
These wonderful plates are French majolica, made sometime between about 1900 and 1930. They are each in the form and color of a deep sea scallop shell. The deep coral color in the center of the plate fades to a lighter color towards the rim. Each plate is about 6" in diameter, each has a little crazing in the glaze (almost invisible), and each is in excellent condition with no cracks, chips or repairs. Priced individually. (Two left.)
Shown here are 9 French Luneville artichoke plates that I have for sale. They date to around 1900. The colors are glorious green, aqua and aubergine on white in the wonderful, glassy majolica glaze. The plates are decorated with artichokes and asparagus and have an artichoke well. There are 9 identical plates. They each measure approximately 9" in diameter and are in very fine condition.
Offered here is a very lovely majolica plate in an asparagus and shell motif. The colors are luscious greens, pinks and purple on a cream ground. The shell forms are moulded depressions for sauces. The plate is a generous 10" in diameter. No cracks, chips or repairs, only some glaze gaps along the high ridges of the shells, light crazing, and slight discoloration near one edge.
Here we have a 19th century French Louis style charger in blue and white transferware. It has charming designs of a haystack, farming implements, laurel and other motifs that are typical of Louis XV style. It has a scalloped edge and measures 12" in diameter. There is light wear to the edge, minor knife marks in the center, and one pin head size glaze gap on the edge, but no chips, cracks or repairs. It is marked on the bottom S&G. Kovel's shows an S&G mark for an Austrian ...click for details
Here we have a lovely pair of hand painted Old Paris scent bottles dating to the late 19th century. The two bottles are identical, each having dark green panels painted with a little spray of roses and other flowers. The stopper of each bottle is dark green with a spray of roses also. The corners of the bottles are notched with gilt enameling and the top is gilt enameled in a foliate design. One bottle is perfect. The other has had some rubbing of the gilding at the opening, and appears to ...click for details
