ANTIQUE FRENCH BISQUE SCULPTURE BUST CARRIER Antique French bisque porcelain bust of a beautiful young woman. After the bust by Albert Ernest Carrier Belleuse (French 1824-1887), made by Henri Ardant, Limoges, France, c 1865. <P><P>
Measures: 14 3/4 inches high. <P><P>
Polychrome bisque in beautiful pastel shades with gold highlights. Magnificently sculpted bust of a young beauty, turning her head. Partially opened low cut floral bodice, ribbons in her curly locks. A fabulous carved rose on one side of her head, she gazes whistfully with head turned to her right. <br>
Stands on a circular pedestal with modelled decoration. <br>
Details are incredible - from the finely painted lashes, brows and delicate flowers of her blouse to the amazing modelling of her hair. <P><P>
Impressed signature of the artist sculptor A CARRIER on the back as well as a raised disk inside the base with HA & Cie, for the Limoges firm of Henri Ardant (1854 - 1878). This mark was used from 1865. <P><P>
Very good condition with no chips/cracks/losses/restorations.  

ANTIQUE OLD PARIS JEWELRY BOX SEVRES Antique porcelain jewellery dresser or trinket box, made in Paris, France 19th century. <P><P>
Measures 8 1/4 inches long. Total height is approx 3 1/4 inches. <P><P>
Rectangular lidded box. Lid extends over side of the box. ROunded corners and slight dome of lid with rectangular finial with moulded foliage joining it to lid. The

entire outer surface is handpainted with pink roses, blue ribbons and delicate gold scrolls and foliage. The pattern is very typical of old Sevres porcelain. The

inside has two shaped porcelain partitions which divide the box into sectioins for holding different items. <P><P>
The only marks seem to be an impressed 2 and impressed 111. <P><P>
Good condition with no chips/cracks/damage/restoration. There is minor gilt loss commensurate with age.  

ANTIQUE FRENCH PATE SUR PATE PORTRAIT MINIATU Antique French pate sur pate porcelain footed box. Made Limoges, in the best Sevres style, early 20th century. <P><P>
Measures 2 1/2 inches in diameter and 2 inches high. <P><P>
Box stands are 3 curving legs, shaped like dolphins, richly gilded. The colour scheme of the box is gold and white - white ground with delicate gold patterns and wider gilded borders to rims. In the center of the lid is a round reserve, encircled with raised 'jeweled' or beaded gold orbs, encircling a soft green-grey ground with a pate sur pate miniature portrait of a woman seen in profile. Porcelain and decoration are of very good quality. <P><P>
Marked under the box with an N in a roped circular border with Limoges France in the circle. Handwritten underneath in red is N or V.552. The lid has a hand engraved mark that is very difficult to see, let alone photograph. It looks like
Jalers or Jalen Limoges, but the first letter could be an F. <P><P>
Very good condition. No chips/cracks/restorations.  

ANTIQUE OLD PARIS GILDED CUP SAUCER W HP CUPI Antique Old Paris cup and saucer with a handpainted vignette of mythological figures. Made in Paris, France, early 19th century. <P><P>
Cup is 3 1/4 inches tall. Saucer is almost 5 1/2 inches in diameter. <P><P>
Both cup and saucer have wonderful gilding covering a large part of the surface, including the inside of the cup. The gilding is embellished with a very refined

pattern of flowers and foliage with the gilt. This must have been a very sophisticated technique as heating the gold was a complicated matter. It also indicates that

this cup and saucer were intended to be particularly lavish and luxurious. <P>
The cup is elegant and narrow and typical of the Napoleonic era and similar cups from 1815 can be seen. The handle has a moulded white flower within the upper

scroll, above which is a gilded, moulded embellishment, that looks partially like a cornucopia and partially like the helmet of a Roman warrior. The front of the

cup has a wide reserve with a polychrom handpainted scene with characters from Classic mythology. A goddess playing with Cupid, lifts his quiver high in the air.

Beautifully painted trees around them. The whole is clearly done by a highly competent artist and is most charming in character and execution. <P><P>
Like most Old Paris porcelain, there are no marks under the cup/saucer. <P><P>
Both cup and saucer are in very good condition. No chips/cracks/damage/restoration of any sort. Very minor gilt loss.  

PRIMAVERA LONGWY ART DECO CERAMIC LIDDED BOX Excellent example of French Art Deco enamelled ceramic art, lidded box signed Primavera Longwy and sold by the retailer Au Printemps in Paris in the 1920's. <P><P>
Diameter is 3 1/2 inches. Height 1 3/4 inches. <P><P>
Round box with hand enamel decorated top and sides. The top has a stylised landscape of a tree in a hilly background. Geometric symbolic leaves - round and shield-shaped, the latter could also represent birds on branches. Colours are brown, turquoise, green and white. <P>
The sides of both top and bottom have a matching series of parallels of varying widths, in the same colours as the top.<P><P>
Craqueleure surface. <P><P>
Bottom is marked with a circular mark that has the word PRIMAVERA on the top, a crown and badge with foliage in it in the center and LONGWY FRANCE at the bottom. <P><P>
Condition is good. Discoloring on the ridge of the bottom, which is hidden when the lid is on. No chips/cracks/damage/restoration to be found.  

ANTIQUE FRENCH PLATE STILL LIFE PAINTING 19th century, French, Sevres or Limoges handpainted plate with a still life of fish, flowers and fruit.
8 7/8inches in diam.
Gently scalloped border with gilt rim. Band of chocolate brown along the border with sprays of flowers - each masterfully painted. Pink, blue, yellow and

green, very fine detail.
The center of the plate has a fabulous still life featuring all the ingredients for a gourmet elegant meal: two fish, a leafy cabbage/lettuce, lemons,

parsely, chestnuts and strawberries in the background. Everything needed to make a delicious meal in beautiful surroundings. Wonderful painting. Simply

doesn't get better than this.
No known marks. A painted 5 underglaze and impressed mark. Quality is excellent. No damage of any sort.  

RENE BUTHAUD HANDPAINTED TRAY FRANCE ART DECO Art Deco ceramic tray potted and handpainted by French ceramicist Rene Buthaud, early 20th century. <br>
Measures 15 1/2inches long; between 9 1/4 and 9 1/2inches wide. <br>
Rounded rectangular shape with applied snaking, scrolling border. Background is mottled bordeaux (bright pinkish red, much like the wine). The entire bowl of the tray is handpainted with a scene of a reclining woman asleep in long grass. hints of clouds flying by in a blue sky. <br>
Painted initials RB on the back.<br>
Condition is good. There are a few shallow kiln cracks, one on the outside of the rim, some on the back, none on the painted area/front of the tray (and therefore do not detract from the tray in any way).  

LONGWY FAIENCE TEAPOT SUGAR CREAMER PLATE Emaux de Longwy: French enamel pottery faience teapot, sugar, creamer and plate. Made in France early 20th century.
Teapot is approx 5 1/4inches high. Full, round body, with bright blue handle. Double handled, lided sugar basin is 3 1/2inches high and also has a round shape. Milk jug / creamer is 2 1/4 inches high and plate is 6inches in diameter.
Fabulous raised enamel in pinks, red and green on bright turquoise ground. Handles and finials are blue with pink rings around the rims of finials. Design shows very strong Japanese influence and depicts blossoms and branches. Enamelling is almost jewel-like in quality.
Each piece is marked with Longwy mark used 1920-40 and impressed round mark.
Condition is excellent. No chips/cracks/damage of any sort.  

4 SEVRES PLATES COBALT GILT HP FRUIT 1848 SET Set of 4 signed Sevres plates with handpainted fruit surrounded by cobalt blue borders enhanced by fine gilt decoration. Made in France, 1848.
Diameter is 9 inches.
Each plate has a beautifully handpainted still life of a fruit: pears, cherries, peach and grapes. Very fine brushstrokes and use of colour. The painting is surrounded by a fine border of gold and, within concentric gilded rings, blue sloping sides highlighted with a delicate gold pattern. Great quality gilding.
Each plate has the green oval mark used after 1845, with the factory letter S and date numerals for 1848.
There are various incised marks under each plate as well.
Condition is very good. No chips/cracks/scratches.  

OLD PARIS CUP SAUCER PARROTS PALMS EARLY 1800 Porcelain cup and saucer made in Paris, early 19th century or before, during the height of the fascination with Oriental and Egyptian motives.
Saucer is 5 5/8inches accross.Cup is 2 1/4inches high.
Pale lavendar background with a pattern of handpainted Palm trees and medallions encircling brightly coloured parrots. Fabulous painting and colours. Influence of China and Japan can be seen in the small plants under the Palms, while the Palms and parrots were both considered representative of the newly discovered Egyption antiquities by the French during Napoleon's reign.
Gold borders.
There is some wear to the gilding, commensurate with the age, but there is no damage of any sort.  

PR FRENCH ART POTTERY VASES W GOLD OVERLAY Pair of matte art pottery vases with Art Nouveau pierced gilt metal overlay. Made in France late 19th - early 20th century.
Each vase measures 5 inches tall.
Beautiful mottled colouring is not identical in the vases. One has shades of blue and green while the other is green and brown/yellow. Inside the former is deep sea blue with a mottled mustard/brown, while the other vase inside is a pearly combination ranging from cream to green.
Tubular shape widening to a knop and ring-like handles on either side. The entire upper portion of both vases has a wonderful gilt metal openwork overlay, joining seamlessly with the richly gilded handles. There is some dirt on the gilding of one of the vases, but otherwise excellent condition.
There is a raised 43 underneath each vase, but no factory name.
No chips/cracks.  

LIMOGES ARTIST SIGNED HANDPAINTED PORCEL BOWL Porcelain bowl hand painted and artist signed M Yose, made by the Castel company, Limoges, France.
Measures 6 1/2inches accross and 1 1/4inches high.
Slightly fluted bowl with curling rim, richly gilded on the top. The inside of the bowl is beautifully painted with flowers and signed by the artist, M Yose.
Underneath is fully marked for the CASTEL porcelain company.
Condition is mint. No damage/losses of any sort.  

PARIS SEVRES PAIR BLACK VASES HP FLOWERS 19C Outstanding pair of vases made in France by Sevres or related Old Paris factory, 19th century.
Just under 11inches high and width of base is 3 1/4inch.
Square gilded bases with urn shaped vases. Scrolling handles beginning with spear shaped leaves are entirely gilded except for the moulded sun faces inside the scrolls.
Black ground covered in a host of tiny gold and white flowers. The biggest area of both front and back of each vase is handpainted with a magnificent floral still life. Roses, daffodils, morning glory, anemone, blue cornflowers etc. This is outstanding painting of the highest quality.
General good condition with a fair amount of wear to the gilding.  

FRENCH RUSSIAN SOLDIERS ANGEL MAJOLICA PLATE 19th century French / Russian majolica plate, commemorating the Franco Russian War. 8 3/4inches diameter. Turquoise and olive green plate. Borders with geometric pattern. Bowl depicts a French and a Russian soldier shaking hands, a huge angel (of peace) with a laurel garland on her head placing a hand on each of their outstretched arms. Laurel wreaths along the border. Impressed mark FRANCO-RUSSE. Fine detail to uniforms, weapons, hats, feathers of the angel's wings. Marks include an impressed heart and brown x under the glaze. Condition is very good. No chips/cracks of any sort.  

19C OLD PARIS HANDPAINTED PORTRAIT JARDINIERE Miniature portrait on Old Paris porcelain, made in 19th century France. <P><P> Measures 4" high. <P><P> Cylindrical in form. Pale pink/salmon colour. Central medallion surrounded by gold and green borders and fleur de lis. Inside is portrait of a French noblewoman or court beauty, wearing the royal colours of yellow and purple. Very French features and attire. Very finely painted detail. <br> Stands on 3 gilded knob-shaped feet. <P><P> Condition: very good. No chips/cracks and paint is in very good shape. There is slight wear to the gilding - 2 spots on the back upper rim (unseen) and on the feet.