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8191 - Early 19th Century Pair of Paris Porcelain VasesItem Categories: Porcelain, Glassware and Silver Item Page: https://osullivanantiques.com/item/8191-early-19th-century-pair-of-paris-porcelain-vases/
Item DescriptionEarly 19th Century pair of Paris porcelain vases, circa 1825. Inscribed f on base. Each painted around the ovoid body with an image of Lady Emma Hamilton as Terpsichore, the muse of dance. On the reverse a finely painted lyre a string instrument known for its use in Greek classical antiquity, the trumpet-shaped neck, shoulder and upper and lower body decorated with neoclassical patarae or palmettes on the green ground between gilt borders, affixed on either side with a gilt winged herm handle. Lady Emma Hamilton Paris, Vieux Paris, or Old Paris, is porcelain ware that is known to have been made in Paris in the eighteenth or early nineteenth century. These porcelains have no identifying mark but can be recognized by the whiteness of the porcelain and the lines and decorations. Gold decoration is often used. Old Paris porcelain often has a revival rococo style and are popular in antebellum mansions of the American South. Dimensions
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