Chelsea Porcelain Figurative Sculptures

An antique and large English figure by Chelsea or Vion et Baury, Paris offers porcelain construction in the form a a young man in countryside setting, hand painted with gilt highligh...

An antique English figural grouping by Chelsea offers hand painted and gilt porcelain boy and sheep in countryside setting, gold gilt anchor mark as photog...

This is a beautiful figure of a piper made by Edmé Samson in Paris some time in the 19th Century. The figure is in the style of Chelsea and marked with the Chelsea gold anchor mark. Edmé Samson was founded in Paris in 1845 and specialised in making replacements for valuable items of the French gentry and museums. They became so good at this that they eventually grew out to be the "great imitators" - not necessarily to fool anyone, but more to fill in gaps in collections that had arisen through breakage and wear, and to offer the new French bourgeoisie an affordable way to obtain pieces of top quality. This is how they came to create many items in the style of Sèvres, Meissen, Bow, Chelsea and Derby. The good Samson pieces are now highly collectable in their own right as they rival the quality of the originals. This very charming piper is stood upon a Rococo scroll with flowers at his feet, the remains of a previous bocage behind his back. The bocage has most probably been broken off. Like many porcelain figures of the time, this boy is very finely dressed: colourful pantalons, a long pink coat...

Parcel-gilt 18th century Chelsea Porcelain figure English, circa 1760 Measures: Height 15cm, width 6cm, depth 7cm This charming porcelain...

Pair of oversized English hand-painted bisque porcelain bisque figures feature courting couple in garden setting, hand-painted with gilt highlights, anc...