Created in the style of apprentice furniture or pieces used to demonstrate skills, it testifies to great craftsmanship.
The front, composed of two drawers, is decorated with painted motifs imitating objects: necklaces, ribbons, keys, and fabrics appear to be suspended or placed on the piece with striking realism.
Polychrome wooden box decorated with geometric patterns and fitted with a wrought iron lock.
Early 19th century
Height: 17.5 cm
Length: 52 cm
Width: 39.5 cm
Japanese inkwell made in the 20th century. The central figure is richly dressed, decorated with a bindi on the forehead and holding a scroll in her hand. She is probably Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, who is very widespread in Japan. On either side of this figure are two small flowering trees.
Embroidery on the back of the mirror depicts a religious marriage of the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph.
Northern Italy or France
Late 18th century
Large glazed earthenware rose flower, signed Delphin MASSIER, Vallauris (AM).
Circa 1900
Vallauris, France
Pair of Meissen-style three-tiered dessert stands decorated with hand-painted floral garlands and perforated graduated plates with magenta borders, twisted stem.
Two small pieces missing.
Late 19th century
Italy or Eastern France
It depicts a pastoral scene with a couple accompanied by a dog at their feet, a symbol of fidelity, and a cage with a bird, evoking the confinement of emotions. On the other side, a shepherdess embodies freedom and lightness, creating a poetic and refined contrast typical of the art of this period.
Important porcelain dinner service decorated with roses, 120 pieces.
20th century
Limoges, France
Set of four polychrome woodcut silhouettes representing angels carrying the instruments of the Passion.
Late 18th century
Italy
Dating from the late 19th century, it is a reproduction of model no. 1326 from the Fourmaintraux factory in Desvres, with an 18th-century Moustiers decor after Joseph Fouque. Within the museum “In the Belle Époque of Desvres Earthenware,” there is an example of the rectangular model no. 1326.