Footed bowl with lid

The broad, flat cup is supported by a short stem, and a node that rests on a round foot of upwardly narrowing rings. The lid is also flat, with a protruding rim the figural finial joins the relief rosette of the top in convex and concave curves. The whole surface is covered with rich, Neo-Renaissance relief ornaments. There are plant motifs among the flat, intertwined ribbons. The cup and the node are decorated with bunches of fruits of several layers of finely shaded white porcelain paste.

This tazza belongs to the relatively rare Neo-Renaissance models made in Sevres. (It was modelled on Saint-Porchaire or Oiron or Henry-Deux ceramics, which were named after the place of manufacture or after the customer.) The inlaid pattern of these models is imitated by the refined, relief surface and the blueish grey, greenish shades of related colours. This technique is combined with the pâte-sur-pâte painting, developed by Henri Regnault porcelain painter in Sevres. A similar piece of purple shade can be found in the Sevres Musée National de Céramique (Inv.No. 6564) /see Antoinette Fay-Halle und Barbara Mundt: Europäisches Porzellan vom Klassizismus bis zum Jugendstil. Fribourg, 1983 p.175, pict.299/.