French Decorative Bowls

This is a Lalique frosted crystal “ Luxembourg “ large round bowl. It depicts a relief of playful cherubs that are joined together by holding a...

I want to offer you this amazing Le Tallec bowl painted with wonderful exotic birds in their natural habitat. The royal blue color that surrounds the bird painting is eye catching, a...

This is a fabulous Le Tallec bowl hand-painted beautifully with two colorful birds in their natural habitat. The emerald green border is embellished with raised gilded leaves and gil...

I want to offer you this stunning pink Le Tallec covered bowl with underplate. It has hand-painted flower bouquets on both sides. It has a flower shaped cover. The three pieces are e...

This is an exquisite Le Tallec dresser or jewelry box. It is decorated with four flower bouquets and is embellished with a filigree of raised gilding on all its sides and its top. On the top of this box, is a raised handle surrounded by a ribbon of colorful painted flowers, with a pink rose accenting the top of the handle. The whole top of this box is decorated with raised gold flowing accents. It was decorated at the Le Tallec studio in Paris, which later was incorporated into Tiffany and Company. Price of box-$695.00 Camille Le Tallec...

This is a superbly designed and naturalistic scallop shell with a French water-gilt gold leafed interior. This oozes luxury and is large at 32 wide x 21 deep x 17 tall. This would wo...

WHY WE LOVE IT: Who wouldn't? Sèvres* made the finest French porcelains. We are delighted to offer this hand-painted Sèvres soft-paste porcelain bowl decorated with exquisite flowers and leaves. The detailed painting is extraordinary. Notice the leaves which each have several gradations of green and individual highlights of yellow, orange, or light blue. Royal blue and gold decorate the foot of the bowl and the handle which is in the form of entwined branches. The rims are gilded along both the outside and inside edges. The edge of the cover is gilded in a simple dentil pattern. Sèvres is a particularly documented factory. Painters and gilders were allowed to add their ‘mark’ on pieces they worked on in order to identify themselves. Many of these painters and the pieces they worked on are noted in factory records now held in the archives at Sèvres. The underside of this bowl is marked with an interlacing L’s mark in blue, with date letter ‘L’ for 1764, and artist’s letter ‘G’, for Gremont. Up until the 1770s Sèvres porcelains (like our covered bowl) were soft-paste. On Sèvres soft-paste porcelain the painted colors sink into the porcelain whereas on later Sèvres hard-paste porcelain the colors sit on top of the porcelain. Hard paste is also glassier than soft paste. Another special characteristic of this Sèvres piece is the small hole that appears on the inside of the foot rim. Its purpose was to allow for expansion and contraction during the firing. This is typical of 18th century Sèvres...

A continental monteith hand-painted with peonies and other flowers in the Feuille de Choux pattern. This form was used in the 18th and early 19th century as a wine glass rinser. Toda...

An 18th century French soft-paste porcelain bowl from the Chantilly factory. It has a scalloped rim, a basketweave border and fine blue underglaze floral decoration. The revers...

This stunning pair of French lost waxed casting gilt bronze tazzas are finely and intricately chiseled with different motifs and so much detailed. The shell shaped tazzas are adorned...