Vibrant Old Paris Porcelain Pitcher — Hand-Painted Exotic Bird, Cobalt Blue & Gilt, c. 1850s lace scalloped 📚 Details

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crafted in England

Decorated in the classic Imari palette of burnt orange

Blue and White Pagoda

Ornate ormolu (gilt metal) base and lid finial

Vibrant Old Paris Porcelain Pitcher — Hand-Painted Exotic Bird, Cobalt Blue & Gilt, c. 1850s lace scalloped 📚 DetailsA hand painted exotic bird takes the front of this porcelain pitcher, set in a gilt scrolled reserve and worked up in coral, rose, and black fanciful coloring rather than any real species. Cobalt blue sweeps the upper body and stops at a clean gilt line over white below. The handle is the detail not to miss: a winged griffin perched at the top, picked out in gold, its scrolled body forming the grip. Its Old Paris porcelain the hand decorated ware that