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Pair of Paris porcelain bottles, decorated with small colored flowers as well as floral and plant motifs in gilt, signed JP for Jacob Petit *, of XIXth century.
These bottles are in good condition. They are signed below.
A note: a small chip at the bottom of each bottle (one to the inside and one on the gilding), two flashes and repairs the plugs (see red arrows), wear the decorations and gilding in places, see pictures.
the most famous porcelain manufacturer of the century did not have the vocation of ceramist. He began by studying painting at Gros, then short Europe. England, gave him a taste of the decorative object: on his return to France in 1830, he hastens to publish a Compendium Home Decor includes everything that relates to furniture. Soon, porcelain seemed to him the best way to express his tastes. A Sevres, a fleeting workshop will be the first attempt. Around 1830, Jacob Petit, up a business in Belleville. The success and helping ambition in 1838 the porcelain company buys modest Weill Baruch at Fontainebleau; it is the success, he is quick to triple the number of workers. In 1850, he groups his two factories in Avon, but some years later, in 1862, retires from Paradise Street Poissoniere, giving his business to one of his workers, Jacquemain.
