"Fruit Bowl-paris Porcelain-jacob Small-monogrammed-floral And Gold Decor-circa 1840"
Magnificent fruit bowl with floral decoration with beautiful gilding and lion-headed feet Jacob Petit, whose real name is Jacob Mardochée (1796-1868), pupil of Jean Gros, first worked at the Sèvres factory, and specializes in fine porcelain. He will be a porcelain manufacturer all his life. The patterns and decorations of his creations are very avant-garde for the time, which earned him some incomprehension, but today all his works, small or large, are highly sought after for their originality. Good condition, some slight rubbing, foot to be tightened 25 cm x 24 cm