Figurative flacon – Girl

Jacob Petit, Jacob Petit Porcelain Factory, Paris or Fontainebleau, France, after 1830

Glazed and painted white porcelain

H: 26 cm

Markings: J. P.

UMP 16318

Two flacons in the form of a pair of lovers reveal the mood of the Rococo Revival, the style that emerged with the reign of the French Citizen-King Louis-Philippe. Among the artists who were instrumental in resurrecting the Rococo style was painter Jacob Mardochée. He studied at the Académie in Paris under Antoine-Jean Gros and in the 1820s he worked at Manufacture nationale de Sèvres. He drew much inspiration from

his travels throughout Europe, and he was influenced by English ceramic production and particularly the Rococo Meissen porcelain of Johann Joachim Kändler. He published drawings of interior decorations before opening a workshop in Belleville and eventually, in 1834, purchasing a porcelain factory from Baruch Weil in Fontainebleau. He also owned a store and decoration workshop on Rue de Bondy in Paris. Mardochée

operated his factory under his wife’s name, Petit. He exhibited porcelain products at the Exposition des produits de l'industrie française in Paris in 1834 and later became a regular fixture at industrial exhibitions and world’s fairs. Petit’s was among the most well-known factories, and its production was abundant and eclectic. (lmp)