Lot 24
  • 24

A pair of Paris (La Reine Factory) porcelain bough pots, circa 1800

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • porcelain
  • 27.5cm., 10 7/8 in. wide
of demi-lune form, painted with flowers sprays reserved within moulded column brackets picked out in gilding, crowned A marks in green enamel,

Condition

Both are lacking their pierced cover sections. One has a firing crack to its upper left corner which has extended in both directions effecting the both sides of the corner. Both have two firing cracks to the interior which have stained slightly. The enamels of each painted bouquet are in good condition.
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