Rare Vieux Old Paris French Porcelain Ice Cup - Tasse A Glace
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Rare Vieux Old Paris French Porcelain Ice Cup - Tasse a GlaceMinor wear to gilding.Approx 6 cm high.The history of Paris porcelain (known familiarly in France as vieux Paris) began around 1770 and refers not to a single manufacturer, but to more than thirty porcelain sources, based within the City of Paris between the mid-1700s and the end of the Second Empire in 1870. The term was not actually used until the latter part of the nineteenth century. The various Paris artisans, mostly situated in t...he northeast side of Paris, specialized in adapting the creations of porcelain manufacturer, Sèvres, to bourgeois tastes, while competing with Louis XV’s own Royal Manufactory.
