Antique Victorian quality continental porcelain cherub in a vase

Quality Antique Victorian continental porcelain group having a cherub with two shaped bowls for salt and pepper on a shaped base with quality hand painted birds and scroll decoration...

Antique Victorian quality continental porcelain group having two cherubs carrying a shaped dish standing on an oval shaped base in wonderful blue and white colours.

Antique Victorian Mary Gregory small vase having an antique Mary Gregory small vase with a shaped body and a circular base, decorated with white e...

Antique porcelain continental figure having an antique porcelain continental figure of a child carrying a bag in wonderful coloured period clothing i...

A Very Impressive Example of an English Blanc de Chine Moore Brothers Porcelain Centerpiece of outstanding quality and compact proportions. Last quarter of the Nineteenth Century. ...

An enchanting late 19th Century Meissen Porcelain cherub, press two hearts together. Wonderful bold colours, blue underglaze blue crossed swo...

A large-scale white bisque porcelain putto or cherub statue standing on an ornate bombe plinth by 19th century French ceramicist Gille Jeune. Dating from the 1860s, this statue is over 150 years old. It depicts an infant – known as a cherub or putto – wearing a head band with a swathe of fabric draped over his arm and thigh. He sits upon a tree stump or rock with his arms raised and castanets in his hands. Thanks to its scale and provenance, it is a breath-taking statue for an interior or gallery, both the putto and the plinth inscribed with the maker’s mark ‘Gille Jne, Fabt. Paris’. Gille Jeune, Paris Parisian ceramist Jean-Baptiste Gille (1798-1868) was one of the leading manufacturers of French bisque porcelain - also known as biscuit porcelain - of the 19th century. In 1836, he established his own porcelain factory in Paris under the name ‘Gille Jeune’. His work was displayed in many prestigious exhibitions including London’s 1851 Great Exhibition where he was awarded a prize medal, the 1862 exhibition in London and the Paris exhibition in 1867. Four of his cherub works in the same style and scale reside at Hughenden House in Buckinghamshire as part of the National Trust’s collection. These include two of Gille’s depictions of the four seasons and a putto playing a flute as well as a putto with castanets like this one dating from 1855-1864. For this reason, we can say with some certainty that this antique cherub statue...

This item is a 19th century porcelain centerpiece bowl or jardinière beautifully enameled in rich colors with floral sprays and gilt highlights. This stunning Rococo piece also featu...