Property from a Private Collection, Maryland
Paul and Virginie walking: A porcelain figural group, Popov Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg, mid-19th century
No reserve
Auction Closed
November 25, 06:21 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
modelled with linked arms beside a tree stump, taking shelter beneath her billowing striped cloth, factory mark impressed and in underglaze blue
height 17 cm; 6 3/4
Acquired by the parents of the present owners in the 1990s.
Paul et Virginie was a popular love story by Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, first published in 1788 ad purportedly a favourite of Napoleon Bonaparte. The model is very similar to a design by jean-Baptiste Huet which was reproduced on jouy cotton manufactured by Christophe-Phillipe Oberkampf in circa 1802.
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