Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 6

French Porcelain Potpourri Pots

About the Item

Pairs of adorable children adorn these charming potpourri pots attributed to famed French porcelain maker Jacob Petit, one of the finest porcelain artists of the 19th century. The vessels are topped by a pierced lid, which allows the scent of the perfume or potpourri within to disperse throughout the room. It is exemplary of the opulent artistry for which Petit is renowned, from its brilliant green ground to its Rococo-style gilt ornamentation, circa 1835 Measures: 5 1/2” square x 7 1/2” high.
  • Creator:
    Jacob Petit (Maker)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 7.5 in (19.05 cm)Width: 5.5 in (13.97 cm)Depth: 5.5 in (13.97 cm)
  • Style:
    Rococo (In the Style Of)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa 1835
  • Condition:
  • Seller Location:
    New Orleans, LA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 31-17031stDibs: LU891120916802
More From This SellerView All
  • Jacob Petit Paris Porcelain Scent Bottle
    By Jacob Petit
    Located in New Orleans, LA
    A lush flower motif and rich color distinguish this rare perfume bottle by Jacob Petit, celebrated ceramicist and one of the most significant producers of...
    Category

    Antique 19th Century French Rococo Bottles

    Materials

    Porcelain

  • Rosso Antico Marble and Gilt Bronze Potpourri Vases
    Located in New Orleans, LA
    This exquisite pair of rosso antico marble and gilt bronze potpourri vases epitomize opulent artistry. A popular material for sculpture in ancient ...
    Category

    Antique 18th Century European Neoclassical Vases

    Materials

    Stone, Marble, Bronze

  • Sèvres Palace Porcelain Urns
    By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
    Located in New Orleans, LA
    These bronze-mounted Sèvres porcelain urns are monumental in both size and quality and feature the renowned manufactory’s signature deep cobalt blue glaz...
    Category

    Antique 19th Century French Rococo Urns

    Materials

    Bronze, Ormolu

  • Wedgwood Tricolor Diceware Bough Pots
    By Wedgwood
    Located in New Orleans, LA
    Crafted by Wedgwood, this pair of tricolor bough pots features a graphic design in the famed English porcelain firm’s highly desirable and rare diceware motif. Sage green quatrefoil stars against white porcelain squares alternate with brilliant blue squares in a checkered pattern, lending this piece a complex woven aesthetic. Tricolor jasperware...
    Category

    Antique 18th Century English Vases

    Materials

    Porcelain

  • Jacob Petit Porcelain Chinoiserie Tray
    By Jacob Petit
    Located in New Orleans, LA
    This richly decorated tray was created by celebrated French porcelain manufacturer Jacob Petit. Topped by an impressive gilt Chinese dragon, the piece is distinguished by finely hand-painted scenes depicting songbirds and floral arrangements against a green ground. The tray was originally designed to hold jewelry, with holes in the dragon's back for brooches and a scallop shell meant to hold a pocket watch...
    Category

    Antique 19th Century French Chinoiserie Decorative Bowls

    Materials

    Porcelain

  • Peacock Candle Holder by Jacob Petit
    By Jacob Petit
    Located in New Orleans, LA
    This candle holder by renowned porcelain manufacturer Jacob Petit is extravagantly designed in the form of a majestic peacock. Petit owned one of the most important and well-known po...
    Category

    Antique 19th Century French Rococo Candlesticks

    Materials

    Porcelain

You May Also Like
  • Pair of French 19th Century Jacob Petit Porcelain Green-Ground Pot-Pourri Vases
    By Jacob Petit
    Located in New York, NY
    A Large Pair of French 19th Century Jacob Petit Porcelain Green-Ground Pot-Pourri Vases and Covers, Marked 'JP' on Bottom of Each. Each is of square form with a fantastic green ground. The covered vases are decorated with elaborate panels of village scenes, one either side of each vase, and also floral scenes independently to them. The vases are complete with pierced gilded relief frieze...
    Category

    Antique 1850s French Rococo Vases

    Materials

    Porcelain

  • Antique French Porcelain Sevres Type Bronze Mounted Potpourri Cachepot
    By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
    Located in Philadelphia, PA
    A fine antique French porcelain potpourri cachepot. In the Sevres style. Mounted with a bronze finial to the lid, 4 bronze masks to the circumference, and set with a removable ...
    Category

    Early 20th Century French Rococo Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

    Materials

    Bronze

  • Pair of Highly Decorated Rococo Style French Porcelain Vases, Att. Jacob Petit
    By Jacob Petit
    Located in Madrid, ES
    This pair of striking 19th century porcelain vases, though unmarked, were almost certainly produced by Jacob Petit (1797-1868), the French pottery manufacturer well-known for his idi...
    Category

    Antique 19th Century French Rococo Vases

    Materials

    Porcelain

  • Pair of French Porcelain Covered Potpourri Covered Jars, circa 1890
    Located in New York, NY
    Pair of French porcelain covered potpourri covered jars, circa 1890.
    Category

    Antique 1890s French Vases

    Materials

    Porcelain

  • Signed E. Froger 19th Century French Porcelain Potpourri by Sevres, 1880
    By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
    Located in Puglia, Puglia
    Cobalt blue and gold with two cartouches on the lid each with a winged cherub and a dove signed E. Froger. Perforated bronze strap with handles which is attached to the bottom of the...
    Category

    Antique 19th Century French Belle Époque Vases

    Materials

    Bronze

  • Pair French Antique Porcelain Rams Head lidded Vases Urns PotPourri Veuve Perrin
    By Veuve Perrin Factory
    Located in Portland, OR
    A very fine pair of antique 19th century French handpainted porcelain style pot-pourri urns, Veuve Perrin, Marseilles. The urns were designed to receive fragrant pot pourri, each lid...
    Category

    Antique Early 19th Century French Rococo Revival Urns

    Materials

    Porcelain

Recently Viewed

View All