Pair of Pot Pourris - Perfume Burner - Decorative Dases Saxony Porcelain - XXth

Beautiful porcelain planter decorated with imari. On this flowerpot, the background is blue, there are reserves in which appear a dragon and a bird surrounded by red flowers. The upp...

Very elegant pair of spindle-shaped porcelain Art Deco vases covered with navy blue enamel with golden floral patterns. Numbered 221, they are signed Maurice Pinon Heuzé...

Bucket burns perfume in bronze resting on three feet. The body is sculpted with a band frieze with an archaic motif. Two inverted U-shaped handles punctuate the edge. This type of bronze bucket was cast with lost wax from molds in several parts and assembled when the piece was poured, these are the traces that can be seen on the back of the bucket. . The bronze has a beautiful green and dark gray excavation patina. This perfume burner was originally to have longer feet, no doubt arched, cut very long ago since the place of the cut has the same patina as the rest of the piece. China Zhou Dynasty...

White porcelain liquor service with green and gold floral decoration including an eventful tray, two ewer bottles with their stoppers and two small cups with handles, mugs. Floral decor. Golden borders and gilding. French porcelain. Paris porcelain. France Art Nouveau circa 1890. The two carafes are used to serve liqueurs and spirits. This head to head...

Beautiful Limoges porcelain tableware with floral decoration and gilding comprising 56 pieces: 24 flat plates, 10 small plates, 12 soup plates, one soup tureen or vegetable dish , on...

Set of six Chinese porcelain plates from the 18th to the 19th century. From an Imari plate, a plate of the India Company or a plate "Blanc Bleu", travel through the centuries and sty...

A fine pair of Meissen porcelain pot pourri and cover, c. 1870. Modelled in Marcolini Period style, each pot pourri having pierced shoulders, supported upon three angular feet, with ...

Mid 20th Century Le Tallec porcelain pair of pale blue and white Paris potpourri with painted flower decorations and gold trim. The have removable lids and have been electrified into...

A fine Spode Porcelain beaded Pot Pourri vase c.1820-1825. Of flared trumpet shape, embossed with three bands of pearls, resting upon three gilded paw feet, the pierces cover with fl...

Royal Worcester porcelain pot pourri and cover, painted by Richard Sebright, and dated 1913. Finely painted with a detailed study of fruit amongst blossom and leaves, within an elabo...

This is a beautiful antique pair of fine quality Dresden porcelain pot pourri urns and covers, circa 1920 in date. Each painted with harbour scenes on a patterned ground and bearing underglaze blue AR marks. They are beautiful objects which will look fabulous in all surroundings. Condition: In really excellent condition with no chips, cracks or signs of repair, and only very minor signs of wear comensurate with age and use, please see photos for confirmation of condition. Dimensions in cm: Height 41 x Width 23 x Depth 17 Dimensions in inches: Height 1 foot, 4 inches x Width 9 inches x Depth 7 inches Dresden porcelain - A King's Obsession In the early 1700s, King Augustus II, prince elector of Saxony, held goldsmith Johann Bottger prisoner and commissioned him to create gold. Bottger instead discovered the method of creating porcelain, a favored and valuable item in the king's eyes. The king announced to Europe in 1710 that he would open a porcelain manufactory in Dresden. He instead opened one at nearby Albrechtsburg castle. Espionage was rampant, and the king guarded his porcelain secret, even though it meant imprisoning workers within the castle walls. By 1720, the secret was leaked and porcelain producers popped up in Vienna and Venice. Dresden porcelain adopted Saxon crossed swords in under-glaze blue as its distinguishing mark. In 1736, the porcelain manufactory produced the "Swan Service...

Meissen porcelain pot-pourri vase, Germany, 19th century.