Estimate

5.000 - 7.000

Session 1

11 July 2018

Hammer Price

Description

Opaline glass
Rich polychrome and gilt decoration with floral scrolls
Cartouches depicting riverscapes with houses and figures
France, 19th century
(small defects at the polychromy and gilding)

Height: 50 cm

Category

Objects

Additional Information

The exceptional quality of the pieces now on offer leads us to attribute them to Jean-François Robert (1778-1855)
He developed the technique of galss painting from 1830 and patented the process
Starting as Sèvres porcelain painter he ended up opening his own workshop in a partnership with Jean-Baptiste Launay (1768-1827)
From 1843 to 1855 Robert decorated Baccarat and Saint Louis opalines wich leads ut to believe that these exceptional vases are production of one of these factories