British and Continental Ceramics & Glass - 30th April 2024
Lot 325
A Paris porcelain rectangular plaque, 19th century, painted by Celeste Breton (née Colen) with the
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £378
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Description
A Paris porcelain rectangular plaque, 19th century, painted by Celeste Breton (née Colen) with the portrait of a smiling man within a wooden frame, surrounded by an artist's accoutrements, various books and playing cards, signed bottom right 'Celeste Breton née Colen d'apres Grimaud', signed again to the reverse stating that Breton was a pupil of Madame Jaquotot, 24.1cm x 19.6cm.
Marie-Victoire Jaquotot was a former painter at the Sèvres factory who painted the 1811-12 Tea Service of Famous Women. Between 1816 and 1836 she ran a painting school at her workshop and this plaque was executed by one of her pupils.