ceramics - Samson of Paris
Chest of drawers. Until the mid-19th century, the standard chest had either four long, or three long and two short drawers. Rarely were there any exceptions to this rule. A chest with three drawers, or a series of small upper drawers, purporting to be Georgian, will probably have been converted from a chest-on-chest or tallboy. It is true that the 18th century commode often contain two long deep drawers, but this was a much grander and more decorative piece altogether, intended for drawing rooms, not bedrooms, and in any case was usually made to stand on legs. The standard chest of drawers continued to be made throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries (some Edwardian pine chests even had bracket feet), but variations were introduced during the mid-Victorian period, with some chests having seven or more drawers usually a deep hat drawer and smaller glove compartments. Chests with barley-sugar twist or split bobbin-turned supports date from the mid-19th century.
14 item(s) found:
A pierced oval bowl and stand, Samson, 19th century, decorated with central armorial to bowl and stand, floral decorative motifs throughout 26 cm diameter
An early European porcelain bowl, the square bowl with shaped edges floral sprays and amorial crest. Possibly Samson. Width 22 cm
Samson pair of lidded urns decorated with flowers in the Chinoiserie fashion. Height 38 cm
Antique parian figure group of Samson Fighting Serpents. Mounted in walnut display case
Samson figure of a small boy holding a fish, circa 1840. Height 9 cm
Samson porcelain casket in the Chinese export style
A pair of porcelain figurines on rococo bases, putti depicting summer and winter, gold anchor marks, probably Samson 19th century, slight faults. Height 19 cm
Pair Samson moon shaped flasks, each painted with deity on black ground with moulded gilt handles
A porcelain moulded basket weave box, in the form of a heart, with fruit and flower decoration Samson
A Samson vase, decorated in pink scales and pale turquoise beading, with a central cartouche painted with flowers. Height 8.5 cm
A 19th century Samson porcelain mask jug ovoid, painted with peacocks and pheasants perched in a cherry tree, flanked by a scrolling handle, the spout moulded with a male mask head, gilt highlights, spurious gold anchor mark to base. Height 21 cm.
An attractive 19th century Samson armorial porcelain tankard the tube-lined reserves typically hand painted with stylised flowers in bright enamels, the largest containing a lion and an ox decorated coat of arms in gilt and enamels,…
19th century Samson of Paris ink stand ornately moulded as oil lamp with mask ink pot and griffin finial, painted in famille rose palette, after Lowestoft design. Height 15 cm
Antique Samson vase in imitation of Chinese export