Antique French Old Paris Hand Painted Figure, Small Vase or Egg Stand? Art Nouveau Frame shows some surface disruption

Frame shows some surface disruption

And the artistry is further enhanced by the rigorous attention to the detail in the finished pieces - no roughness

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but the two are carved in a single piece of wood

Antique French Old Paris Hand Painted Figure, Small Vase or Egg Stand? Art Nouveau Frame shows some surface disruptionCirca early to mid 1800s, this charming old bit of clay turned art form is what we all lovingly refer to as simply 'Old Paris', the pieces from such porcelain names as Sevres, Vincennes, others whose works were not always signed, and yet have a very distinctive form and look to them and can only be noted by the reference to the style and age. Old Paris pieces can be from the most heralded of makers, of course, and we certainly see the evidence of such