A Set of Large Lidded Paris Porcelain Apothecary Jars

A rare and finely decorated pair of porcelain ice cream pails on stands, The decoration of the vases is outstanding: the four medallions representing neoclassical mythological scenes of Bacchus, Ceres, Ariadne and Europa surrounded by intricate motives "a grottesca" in vibrant colours and raised gilding. Fashionable in antiquity, for example in the Pompeian "Third Style", revisited among others in the Renaissance by Raphael in the Logge Vaticane,  the "grottesche" acquired renewed popularity in the early 1800,  with the extensive decorations for example of Villa Borghese and Palazzo Milzetti in Italy, or the Procuratie Nuove in Venice, formerly the Palazzo Reale. In  in the mid XIX century Vienna, the Historismus movement revisited the idea too, an example is the 1862 decoration of newly built Renaissance Style Museum fur Angewandte Kunst. Our vases are a refined example of fashionable, elegant decoration at work: the ice cream pail was used in the setting up of the dessert display...

A Three Piece Jardinière Garniture of the Empire Period Constructed in tole, being hand painted and decorated in the French Empire Neo-Classical manner of Jacques-Louis David; th...

A pair of Ormolu-mounted Beau Bleu 'Sèvres' porcelain vases Beautifully hand-painted on a dark cobalt blue background, each vase supported on square ormolu bases with incurved cor...

A Pair of Ormolu-Mounted Marble Vases In the Louis XVI Style Each vase of ovoid shape carved from pure Carrara marble, on incurved bases and waisted socles with stiff-leaf borders, extensively ormolu-mounted with a shaped spout emanating a mermaid-styled handle and draped laurel swags. French, circa 1890 These vases are desirable not only for their use of a pure white marble...

A collection of seven apothecary jars in french styles. Each painted apothecary or pharmacy jar has a name and unique design painted on it. The collection is mid-20th century and eac...

4 French Victorian white porcelain apothecary jars with decorative rectangular decal with floral trim. (PRICED EACH, please specify jar label ...

Set of ten French Porcelain apothecary jars, 19th century. The set consists of five smaller cover jars and five larger covered jars. Each ...

A collection of seven apothecary jars in a Provence style. Each painted apothecary or pharmacy jar has a name and unique design painted on it. The colle...