Featured Russian Imperial Porcelain Tazza? 19th century, enameled, bronze foot.

Hi everybody,

It's been a long time since I've posted anything here, but it seems I need some help once more.

I think I have something great here!



A couple of months ago I bought this beautiful tazza/coupe/baguier at an auction house in France. It was sold as an French opaline glass baguier/tazza, in etruscan style. But I had the feeling that it was Russian, and not French. Now I mainly deal in opaline glass, so I was impatiently waiting for it to arrive.

And yesterday it finally did. I was impressed about the details of the piece.
The very small glass beads and the painting style and enamel work. Now if it's etruscan style? I have no idea to be honest.



But it definitely felt Russian. I had seen some pieces made by the Russian Imperial Glass factory earlier. Only after a couple of hours I saw this..... (under the rim)



I realized that it's probably glazed, and therefore porcelain and not glass.

No I have been searching again...
Russian porcelain with what it seems to be champlevé/cloisonné.
I have found a couple of Russian examples, with the same style, same kind of borders, and the glas beads. But the mystery is... they all seem to have a silver, or at least a metal base, for the champlevé to attach on.

And mine is almost certainly porcelain and not glass.
So it's probably not champlevé, but just enameled.
But definitely in the same style.


I really hope there are some people here that know about Russian porcelain.

I have found some examples which I will mention in my next message.
Most of 'em are from the Russian Imperial Porcelain factory I believe.



Thank you very much for your help!!

 

Are you sure it's porcelain? Looks like enamel on metal (copper?) to me.

 

I was going to say it has a cloisonne look to it

 

It is beautiful. Looks well made.

 

Found this. I clicked on the link and everything was french. Translated everything to English and i scrolled through all the pictures and unfortunately there was no picture or info of it.

 

Links:

Most of the pictures in the link contain something, either the beads, a pattern, color, or style that has something of mine.

At first I got a couple of these glass examples:
(The egg has the same color, opaline glass, and the same style of band)

*https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/14974/lot/282/

* https://www.google.com/imgres?imgur...hUKEwiO077OlPnsAhUPtKQKHQX5BLMQMygMegUIARCmAQ

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These are the other ones:

* https://veryimportantlot.com/en/lot/view/a-large-cloisonne-enamel-silver-gilt-tazza-370696

* https://www.bukowskis.com/en/auctio...za-makers-mark-of-gustav-klingert-moscow-1895

* https://www.christies.com/lotfinder...d-cloisonne-enamel-tazza-5399183-details.aspx

* https://www.bidsquare.com/online-au...l-and-lapshin-vasily-moscow-1908-1917-1076578

* https://www.christies.com/lotfinder...s.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=6291087

* https://romanovrussia.com/antique/czaaplate/

* https://www.christies.com/lotfinder...ert-plate-from-the-dowry-5510173-details.aspx

 

Well, I'm quite sure. It has a bronze rim. It's not made out of 1 piece.

 

Hi, that's a nice find
That's the auction site site I bought it from

 

There's nothing Etruscan about it. Think anything with little applied beads gets labeled Etruscan because the decoration reminds people of the granulation the Etruscans used on their jewellery.

I too see it as enameled metal. If it's made in 2 pieces, that inclines me even more toward enamel. Quite a piece, I must say.

 

It is regular old enamelling! Porcelain? I don't think so. Why on earth would it be porcelain? Doesn't make sense.

 

It is a beauty, R.
This part really looks like enamel on metal to me, you can see where the enamel pulled back from the edge:

 

Bressans enamel to my eyes
See this box:

https://www.antiques-delaval.com/fr...perles-bronze-fleurs-napoleon-iii-xixeme.html

 

Confirmed!

http://www.lamidesarts.fr/COUPE-BAGUIER-BRONZE-DORE-EMAUX-BRESSANS-1850-1880

 

To recognize Bressans (not a maker named Bressans, from Bresse a French area!) enamels, a clue is the pink opalescent enamel drops

 

That's a very nice find
I was absolutely convinced it was Russian, with maybe a byzantic style or something.

It seems like this is made by TAHAN, Paris.
I found a couple of boxes of it just now.

THANK YOU!
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TAHAN-Pa...fired-Enamel-Jewelry-Box-Casket-/322334099217

https://www.antiques.co.uk/antique/EXQUISITE-NAPOLEON-111-TAHAN-A-PARIS-TRINKET-BOX

https://www.antiques-delaval.com/fr...-perles-bronze-tahan-napoleon-iii-xixeme.html

 

great find kyratango

beautiful piece R.Antonis nice to see you posting again, you always have such beautiful pieces

 

Wonder whether the gilding would be true ormolu.

 

@kyratango Amazing as always on French items.