Pair Antique French Chelsea School Polychromed Porcelain Bisque Figures C1880

Antique Parian Ware Porcelain Classical Woman Bisque Figure C1880 Measures - 12.75"H x 4.25"W x 4"D

Antique Parian Ware Classical Bisque Porcelain Figure of A Woman Holding Fruit C1880 Measures - 13"H x 4"W x 4"D

Pair of Antique Parian Ware Classical Bisque Porcelain Plaques C1880 Measures- 5.75"H x 5.75"W x .5"D

Antique Hand Painted Bisque Porcelain Mother & Child Figure in the Manner of Meissen c1920 Measures- 17.25"H x 9.25"W x 9.25"D

Pair, antique french porcelain bull dogs in the style of the Meissen porcelain factory. Great quality with two missing flower petals.

A large-scale white bisque porcelain putto or cherub statue standing on an ornate bombe plinth by 19th century French ceramicist Gille Jeune. Dating from the 1860s, this statue is over 150 years old. It depicts an infant – known as a cherub or putto – wearing a head band with a swathe of fabric draped over his arm and thigh. He sits upon a tree stump or rock with his arms raised and castanets in his hands. Thanks to its scale and provenance, it is a breath-taking statue for an interior or gallery, both the putto and the plinth inscribed with the maker’s mark ‘Gille Jne, Fabt. Paris’. Gille Jeune, Paris Parisian ceramist Jean-Baptiste Gille (1798-1868) was one of the leading manufacturers of French bisque porcelain - also known as biscuit porcelain - of the 19th century. In 1836, he established his own porcelain factory in Paris under the name ‘Gille Jeune’. His work was displayed in many prestigious exhibitions including London’s 1851 Great Exhibition where he was awarded a prize medal, the 1862 exhibition in London and the Paris exhibition in 1867. Four of his cherub works in the same style and scale reside at Hughenden House in Buckinghamshire as part of the National Trust’s collection. These include two of Gille’s depictions of the four seasons and a putto playing a flute as well as a putto with castanets like this one dating from 1855-1864. For this reason, we can say with some certainty that this antique cherub statue...

Pair of 19th century Chelsea Porcelain figures of seated poodles & pups England, Circa 1850s A rare find, a true pair of Chelsea Porcelain (Attributed) poodles and pups. Both fig...

Pair of French porcelain Chinnoiserie or Chinese figures. Beautifully executed and painted in polychrome. Both figures are seated on cushions. Almost certainly French from the beginn...