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French Porcelain Two Part Veilleuse with Views of Paris
Lot: 4157
Probably Paris, France.
Circa 1825.
The base of straight sided cylindrical form, painted with faux brick design, the upper section molded as a flaring crenelated tower, pierced with a band of holes near top, finely painted in polychrome enamels and gold with named views of THEATRE LODEON and ETIENNE DU MONT, the buildings rendered hyper realistically, and with rigid standing figures before them, before blue skies.
The underside of the base incised with a script A, the underside of the top numbered in gold 23 and 24.
Approximate dimensions: 6 3/8 H., 4 1/2 Diameter, overall..
Condition: Tiny nick to one edge of a crenelation, some gilding and enamel wear. Minor dots of kiln speckling.