This pair of hand-painted Old Paris porcelain vases is both gorgeous and magnificent, created in the style of Jacob Petit in the 19th century. These amphora-shaped, beautifully crafted flower vases are made from French enameled and glazed porcelain, featuring floral decorations and gold accents. Generous gilding highlights the pedestals and moldings. Such rich decoration and complex forms reflect the tastes of the time, when many wealthy members of the bourgeoisie desired items that were expensive and eye-catching, comparable in quality and luxury to those owned by the nobility, previously accessible only to this exclusive social group.Old Paris Porcelain is broadly defined as porcelain made by artisans in and around Paris from the late 18th century to the 1870s. It was first beloved by Marie Antoinette, particularly for the “cornflower” painted patterns, and was used only by the wealthiest French aristocrats. The term ''Old Paris'' is used by antique dealers to refer more broadly ...