French Samson Faience Bouquetiere Flower Frog Holder Vase Hand Painted Chinese Man & Famille Rose c 1870 - 1890

Antiques : Ceramics, Porcelain : French

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This is a French Samson & Co soft paste faience bouquetiere, or flower frog holder vase. The date is 19th century, circa 1870 to 1890.

Samson & Co made reproductions of artistic porcelain pieces produced in earlier decades in other regions of the world. The quality of the Samson production is high, and thus Samson porcelain is desired by collectors today.

This specific piece is a reproduction or copy of a French Strasbourg soft-paste faience porcelain flower holder, or bouquetiere. The bouquetiere was originally produced in the third period of Strasbourg, circa 1760 to 1780, thus 18th century. You can view a similar shape of Strasbourg bouquetiere in the book “Histoire de la Faience Francaise: Strasbourg & Niderviller” by Dorothee Guilleme Brulon, page 36. In other words, Samson was reproducing an 18th century piece of Strasbourg porcelain in the latter part of the 19th century.

The vase is 3 ½” high, 7 ¾” long at the top, 4 1/8” wide at the top, 4 ¾” long at the base and 2 5/8” wide at the base. It is an oval shape, round in front, and flat in the back. The top has one large hole for a bouquet and 15 small holes for individual flower stem placement.

The style is specific to the third period of Strasbourg, and the Rococo embellishments are restrained. The coloring is probably low temperature, and is typical Strasbourg, of a vivid carmine-crimson, strong yellow, strong green and blue, against bright-white faience enamel.

The center panel on the front of the vase shows a Chinese scene. Again, during the third period, Strasbourg decorated with Chinese figures, “les personnages”, outlined in black and painted with graded washes of colors. The other style of decoration was naturalistic, with no outlines. For this piece, the first style was used, derived from the Chinese Famille rose. The side panels show sprays of flowers, also executed with the black outlines.

There are a few areas of discoloration, a few places where there are dimples in the enamel or faience, and the top shows a scrape on the enamel, which I point to in two photos in red. In other words, the vase is in good condition, and would have the firing flaws one would expect from a piece this old.

The blue mark is an “H” for Hannong, underscored by the number 39 and off to the right is “M.” The mark is the Samson copy of the original Hannong mark.

Item ID: RL-290