Pair of Girandole Mirrors with Eagles and Candlearms

Pair Footed Fruit Coolers, about 1810-20 Stône, Coquerel, and Legros D’Anisy, Paris (active 1808–49) Porcelain, partially transfer printed in sepia and green and gilded Each, 13 1/2 in. high x 10 in. wide x 7 1/2 in. deep Signed and inscribed (on underside of one top and one base, with printed mark): STÔNE / COQUEREL / ET / LE GROS / PARIS / PAR BREVET D’INVENTION: Manufre de Décors sur Porcelaine Faience; variously inscribed with decorators’ initial in green and brown (on underside of one top and one base): M; variously inscribed with incised mark (on underside of one liner and both bottoms): 3; inscribed (in blue script, on the inside of one liner): 615 The Parisian firm of Stône, Coquerel, and Legros d'Anisy is distinguished for the important role that it played in the introduction of transfer-printed decoration on fine china in France. Although the process had been known and used in Great Britain since the eighteenth century, it was, according to Régine de Plinval de Guillebon in her book, Porcelain of Paris 1770–1850 (New York: Walker and Company, 1972), not until 1802 that Potter, Blancheron, Constant, Neppel, Cadet de Vaux & Denuelle took out a patent in France for transfer-printing on earthenware, and it was only on February 26, 1808, that John Hurford Stône, his brother-in-law, Athanase Marie Martin Coquerel, and Francois Antoine Legros d'Anisy not only took out a patent for transfer-printing on china, but also established a Stône, Coquerel, and d'Anisy partnership for the manufacture of transfer-printed ceramics. Their address from 1808 until 1818 was at 9, rue de Cadran, Paris. Prior to this, Stône and Coquerel had been partners at a creamware factory in Creil, France, and Legros d’Anisy had worked at the Sèvres factory, where he had apparently developed the transfer-printing technique for which his own firm became well known. “The process,” notes de Guillebon, was “based upon removing from the engraving a ‘pull’ made on a specially coated filter-paper, which was pressed onto the object to be decorated; this object itself was covered with a film. Firing took...

Pier mirror with Reverse Painted, or Eglomisé, Panels, about 1800 New York, New York Eastern white pine, gessoed and gilded, with compo ornament, glass, reverse painted and gilded,...

French, circa 1820. Porcelain, painted and gilded, with applied bisquit flowers 8 13/16 in. high. Inscribed (with incised mark, under the base of each): 3.   

FAPG 20555D/2 Pair "Fauteuils," or armchairs, en Gondoles, circa 1830-1835 New York Mahogany (secondary woods: ash) Each, 31 1/2 in. high, 21 1/8 in. wide, 21 1/8 in. deep (over...

Pair of oval double Curule benches, circa 1835 New York, possibly Duncan Phyfe and Son Rosewood (secondary woods: ash and poplar), with gilt-brass castors Each, 16 3/8 in. high, 2...

French Pair “Old Paris” Porcelain Vases with Drapery Decoration, about 1820 Porcelain, painted and gilded 13 1/16 in. high CONDITI...

Pair of American gilt carved wood girandole mirrors with flanking eagles on rock plinths perched to flee , upper and lower acanthus carved floral motif, ebonized reeded circular mold...

A carved giltwood girandole of early Regency design. The convex mirror plate is within a moulded frame decorated with gilt balls and has a carved eagle crest supported on a tapered b...

This magnificent English Regency giltwood convex girandole mirror, circa 1800, featuring displayed eagle with hanging tassels, opposing dolphins and six candle arms with gilt foliage...

Pair of gilt girandole wall mirrors the oval frames with ribbon decoration above moulded frames having twin branch scones which have been converted f...

An English silver leaf convex girandole bullseye mirror from the early 20th century, with carved eagle motif and volutes. Created in England during the early years of the 20th century, this silver leaf girandole mirror attracts our attention with its dark eagle adorning the upper section. His winged extended upwards, the eagle is showcasing a nice body torsion. The circular frame, surrounding a convex mirror plate, is accented with carved volutes and foliage, as well as petite spheres whose dark hue contrasts beautifully with the silver gilt finish. With its great presence and lovely colors, this English bullseye...

An English giltwood convex girandole bullseye mirror from the 19th century, with carved eagle motif. Created in England during the 19th century, this giltwood girandole mirror attracts our attention with its eagle marking the upper section. His detailed winged extended, the eagle is standing on grapes. The circular frame, surrounding a convex mirror plate, is accented with petite spheres and an ebonized inner molding, while the ensemble is completed with a sunburst motif adorning the lower section. With its great presence and lovely colors, this 19th century English bullseye mirror...