Paris, Empire Period, Restoration - Drageoir And Its Dormant - Gilded Hard Porcelain

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Drageoir and its frame
Hard porcelain enhanced with gilding
Dimensions : D. 19.5; H. 16.5 cm)
Paris, circa 1810 - 1820

Charming circular drageur and its frame with poly-lobed handles. Richly decorated with floral friezes and foliage. This type of shaped piece is fairly uncommon.

Hard porcelain in Paris in the early 19th century
Unlike earthenware, porcelain manufactures 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, which saw 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: one chip restored, very fresh gilding, cover missing.