Paris, Empire Period, Restoration - Gilded Hard-paste Porcelain "litron" Teapot - Palmettes Decoration

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Teapot, litron model
Hard porcelain with gilding
Paris, early 19th century
Dimensions : H. cup ; D. saucer

A beautiful litron teapot and lid. Elegantly enhanced with palmettes gilding. 

A fine piece of work reflecting the quality of production and know-how of porcelain craftsmen in Paris during the Empire.

Hard porcelain in Paris in the early 19th century
In contrast to earthenware, porcelain factories flourished under the Empire, particularly in Paris. The period 1800-1820 can be considered the golden age of porcelain in Paris. There were nineteen porcelain factories in Paris in 1800, but only seven had been founded under the Ancien Régime: Dihl et Guérard, Houzel, Lemaire et Josse, Pouyat et Russinger, Schoelcher, Despréz et Nast.
In contrast to the last twenty years of the 18th century, marked by a shift from rocaille to antique simplicity, the first thirty years of the 19th century saw the opposite, moving from antique sobriety to rococo.

Condition report: very good condition; a chip inside the lid.