A Paris (Schoelcher) porcelain coffee pot and cover c.1800

A Paris (Schoelcher) porcelain coffee pot and cover c.1800, and a footed bowl, painted with simulated cameos of Roman Emperors in shades of sepia and brown, the coffee pot with Romulus and Nema, the bowl with Nerva and Trajan, within rich gilt laurel leaf borders on a gold ground, incised G1 to coffee pot, 26cm max. (3)

Cf. Régine de Plinval de Guillebon, Faïence et Porcelaine de Paris, p.413, pl.405 for a similarly decorated sugar bowl.

Provenance: the Charles Plante Collection.