Rare Edme Samsons Porcelain Basket with Coat of Arms
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USD 349.99 |
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Friday, October 31, 2008 |
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Rare Edme Samson's" Porcelain Basket with a Armorial Lion and Unicorn coat of Arms " Samson began his career by making service and set piece replacements in the late 1830s. In 1845 he opened the ceramics firm Samson, Edmé et Cie at 7, Rue Vendôme (later Rue Béranger) in Paris, with the intention of supplying reproductions of ceramics on display in museums and private collections. The factory was moved to Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis in 1864 by Samson’s son, Emile Samson (1837–1913). The firm either drew inspiration from other factories, or directly copied their pieces. Designs from the factories of Meissen, Sèvres, Chelsea, and Derby were among the reproductions Samson, Edmé et Cie produced, along with designs copied from and all the major factories of England, France and Germany. During the eighteenth century, the market for fine china was considerable and Sampson’s firm reproduced ceramics in a breadth of styles including the faience and maiolica types of Italian pottery, Persian style dishes, Hispano-Moresque pottery (a blending of Islamic and European motifs, produced during the 13th to 15th centuries), plates in the FitzHugh pattern, as well as plates designed by his fellow Frenchmen, Bernard Palissy. Another frequent style copied by the Samson firm was the famille rose and famille verte styles produced in China between 1720 and 1790. Imari wares, named for the Japanese port where a type of richly decorated porcelain made at Arita was shipped, were also copied by Samson. On the other hand, some Samson reproductions have only been detected by recognition of anachronistic details. Samson copies of Meissen pieces have passed for originals, since the blue underglaze ‘Ss’, Edmé’s mark, can be removed and substituted with false marks. Additionally, an 1880 reproduction piece by Samson, of a British East India Company armorial plate shows evidence of scratchings, perhaps in an attempt to erase the Samson mark and pass the plate off as an original. Further complicating authenticity, numerous reproductions of Chelsea and Derby figures bear marks other than his trademark ‘Ss’, and in some instances bear no mark at all. It is impossible to determine when, by whom, and for what reason the Samson marks might have been removed. However, during the same period other companies were producing reproductions similar to those created by the Samson firm. In Hungary the Herend company produced famille rose pieces and armorial plates. However, unlike the Samson firm’s marks, Herend utilized both impressed marks and painted ones, which cannot be erased or removed. Collector's items The Samson, Edmé et Cie company continued to produce and astounding amount of porcelain until 1969. The salesroom models were finally sold in 1979 by Christies, London. Today many of the Samson’s pieces are collectors’ items. And ironically not all of the Samsons around are actually Samsons: some were actually produced by Herend, although the Herend mark (usually a shield with crossed paintbrushes) cannot be erased. We are pleased to offer here , Porcelain twig handled reticulated Chestnut basket with a Armorial Lion and Unicorn coat of arms design. What a Wonderful colorful gold Lion and silver Unicorn coat of arms in center of bowl with bright floral decorations surrounding them and up the reticulated sides like vines growing up the inside of the bowl. The handles are made to look like a twig handle and are gold embellished. It has solid alternating red and green colored stripes on the outside of the reticulated sides and the bottom rim is gold embellished. It has a Chinese mark after the Chinese Export re created by the French Porcelain-marker Edme Samson , Paris . It is 9 1/4” long, 6 5/8” wide, 4” tall to top of handle, 3 3/4” to top of rim and in good condition . More images available by request . E-Bayers take Note : Works of the quality by Samson retails in the Retail galleries and on the net at $ 800.00 to $ 1200.00 Range.
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