Thrown earthenware bowl. Purple transfer printed pattern with leaf-like designs and four house scenes, bottom of interior has similar house scene and three furniture marks. Exterior has farmland pattern.
Bottom marked: "Peter Wright & Sons Importers Philadelphia"
White porcelain bowl set on a raised foot. Gold motif at center is concentric circles of floral and foliate design; outer ring has 12 elongated flowers radiating outward. Edge has 1/2" wide band of gold that extends to outside. The raised foot is gold. Upper half of outside of bowl painted pink and banded at lower edge with gold.
Although attributed to Feuillet, there is no inscription on bottom. Additional pieces of this set of dishes in collection are 2013.008. Jean-Pierre Feuillet, Decorator (French, 1777-1840). See Notes
Rue de la Paix decorating studio, Paris
Provenance
Descent within Buchanan and Henry family to Pamela Henry (daughter of Frank Anderson Henry, Buck's youngest son) to Louisa Dent (donor).
About one quarter of bowl's side has been broken out in pieces and repaired with 10 staples at outside cracks. Large edge losses have been filled and painted. Additional hairline cracks on inside, opposite large repair.
All gold decoration is worn, esp. at rim.
Object ID
2015.029.8
Notes
Research on E-bay has dealer's statement:
"Feuillet introduced a porcelain decorating studio at the Rue de la Paix, Paris in 1820. The products came chiefly from the Royal Factory Sèvres. His successor was Boyer (1845)."
Another seller writes:
"The Feuillet studio was at 18, Rue de la Paix, advantageously located for the wealthy denizens of the area to come visit and make purchases. The Prince of Conde gave Feuillet his protection, thus assuring a constant flow of high-end clients. Feuillet's design atelier reached its apex in the mid-1820s, lavishly decorating some of the most remarkable plates of the time. The combination of rich paste gilding, saturated border colors and meticulous fruit or floral still life paintings made the factory's output one of the favorite choices, other than Sevres, for purchase by the new French Regime. According to the book "Paris Porcelain" by Regine de Plinval de Guillebon, "Feuillet was one of the best decorators in the Restauration period," (Paris Porcelain, page 244)."
Molded earthenware sugar bowl with lid, pink surface coloring over pearl-colored body. Four applied feet and applied molded flat handles with molded foliate pattern. Floral finial at top of lid. Transfer printed design of butterflies, fruits, birds. Green enameled border pattern at waist of bowl. Pink lustre trim.
Pearlware bowl, thrown with applied scallopped edge and sprig ring ornament applied to sides. Handpainted and sponged Polychrome painted decoration, peacock motif. Labels on bottom removed, "Leeds Sugarbowl" and "15B"
Molded pearlware bowl (a) with lid (b). Hand painted and transfer printed Cobalt blue floral print decoration covers all of exterior. Two baskets with flowers on sides. Rectangular handles are part of the piece.
