French Old Paris Reticulated Vase Hand Painted Birds Blackberries Molded Ram or Goat Heads c 1870

Porcelain : Antique : French

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This is a 19th century French Old Paris vase, hard paste porcelain, with a reticulated top and molded ram or goat heads on the sides. The vase is hand painted with birds, a dragonfly, blackberries and beautiful flowers and foliage. The date is circa 1870.

The vase is about 13 ½” high and about 7” wide from ram’s head-to-ram’s head.

The ground is pink and embellished with gleaming gold trim. The glaze on the interior and the bottom is bright white. There are some glaze skips on the interior.

The vase is cylindrical with a wider belly on the sides where the heads are. The top edge is reticulated. The bottom tapers down to a round circle, narrows in, then flows into a round foot.

The painting on the vase is exquisite. On the front, there are two song birds perched on a blackberry vine and they are looking up at a purple dragonfly. The birds are painted in shades of brown, white, gray and black. The blackberry blossoms are pink and white with yellowish middles. The blackberries are painted in shades of purple and blue. The leaves are in shades o green, brown, red and yellow.

The backside of the vase shows a vine emerging from the ground and in blossom, with no berries.

There is one small nick on the top front edge, and I show the tiny nick in the last photo. There are no chips, cracks or crazing. There is wear to the gold trim around the top, along with a tiny bit of aging discoloration to the pink ground. The very bottom of the painting on the front shows some small lines that might be wear to the painting, or done intentionally by the artist.

There is an incised number on the bottom, and it appears to be 1196.

The vase is unmarked as to the maker and unsigned by the artist.

Item ID: RL-260