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Early 19th Century French Porcelain Miniature Ewer Circa 1830
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Early 19th Century French Porcelain Miniature Ewer Circa 1830

19th century
Description

A splendid small French porcelain ewer, circa 1830, exquisitely hand painted with an assortment of flowers, a shell, a beetle and a butterfly. The rim, foot and fine handle are richly gilded (some very minor age related wear to the gilding)

Height 10cm x width 8.5cm x depth 6cm

Date of Manufacture

Robert Belcher Antiques has dated this French Porcelain Miniature Ewer to the 19th Century.

Independent Date Guide ID 09284927
Dealer's Item Date19th Century
Sellingantiques Date19th Century
Sellingantiques agingItem 180-210 years old
ResultsDates match
Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to THE 19TH CENTURY:
Hand-painted botanical and insect enamels: fine Paris porcelain work.
Burnished gold leaf lining the neck: early mercury gilding.
Light handling wear across the raised gold edges: surface age.

This Independent Date Guide was compiled by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. It works only from the photographs shown on this page and is never told the date the dealer has declared. It is a guide, not a guarantee of age, and occasional errors can occur.

Physical Dimensions
Height
10cm (3.94")
Width
8.5cm (3.35")
Depth
6cm (2.36")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Reference
SA1183561
Dealers Notes

Robert Belcher Antiques was established in 1984 and is a high-quality retailer of interesting, rare antiques and decorative objects. After forty years of shop keeping and maintaining beautiful showrooms, which have been regularly open six days a week, Robert and Wendy have now taken a slightly different approach to their business. Having sold their retail premises, the antique business is now fully online. The picture framing service has ceased to operate because of moving online.

You can contact Robert and Wendy by email or telephone to discuss items from their extensive catalogue of attractive pieces and make purchases. Customers can rest assured that the long-established dealership is continuing to run in an exceedingly professional way, selling genuine and high-quality items which are guaranteed to please the most discerning collector, decorator or homeowner.

All items will be personally hand packaged to a high standard. Small items are extensively wrapped using the best materials and are often double boxed. Items are then shipped with DHL or Royal Mail fully insured and often with next day delivery. Larger items would be personally delivered or sent with a specialist antique delivery firm, or for outside the U.K, a professional shipping company.

Please enjoy viewing their collection of rare and interesting pieces and have the assurance that Robert and Wendy will do their utmost to make sure your experience is exceptional, as has been recognised by many customers who have bought with confidence regularly over the years.

Contact details

Email: robertbelcherantiques@gmail.com

Telephone: 01905 622468

Mobile 07929 011224

07720 607007

Website: https://www.robertbelcherantiques.co.uk

Instagram: robertbelcherantiques

Description
A splendid small French porcelain ewer, circa 1830, exquisitely hand painted with an assortment of flowers, a shell, a beetle and a butterfly. The rim, foot and fine handle are richly gilded (some very minor age related wear to the gilding)

Height 10cm x width 8.5cm x depth 6cm

Date of Manufacture

Robert Belcher Antiques has dated this French Porcelain Miniature Ewer to the 19th Century.

Independent Date Report ID 09284927
Dealer's Item Date19th Century
Sellingantiques dating19th Century
Sellingantiques agingItem 180-210 years old
ResultsDates match
Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to the 19th Century:
Hand-painted botanical and insect enamels: fine Paris porcelain work.
Burnished gold leaf lining the neck: early mercury gilding.
Light handling wear across the raised gold edges: surface age.

This is an independent date report produced by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. The process uses the photographs shown on this page. The system is never told the date the dealer has declared. This report shows that the two dates corroborate.

Height
10cm (3.94")
Width
8.5cm (3.35")
Depth
6cm (2.36")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1183561
Robert Belcher Antiques
Robert Belcher Antiques
Sellingantiques verified Since Jul 2017

Robert belcher antiques was established in 1984 and is a high quality retailer of interesting, rare antiques and decorative items.

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Archive I A small white hard-paste porcelain ewer with a high looped gilded handle, flared gold interior rim, and hand-painted motifs including a butterfly, seashells, and botanical leaves.

Early 19th Century French Porcelain Miniature Ewer Circa 1830

Archive II A small white hard-paste porcelain ewer with a high looped gilded handle, flared gold interior rim, and hand-painted motifs including a butterfly, seashells, and botanical leaves. View II
Archive III A small white hard-paste porcelain ewer with a high looped gilded handle, flared gold interior rim, and hand-painted motifs including a butterfly, seashells, and botanical leaves. View III
Archive IV A small white hard-paste porcelain ewer with a high looped gilded handle, flared gold interior rim, and hand-painted motifs including a butterfly, seashells, and botanical leaves. View IV
Archive V A small white hard-paste porcelain ewer with a high looped gilded handle, flared gold interior rim, and hand-painted motifs including a butterfly, seashells, and botanical leaves. View V
Archive VI A small white hard-paste porcelain ewer with a high looped gilded handle, flared gold interior rim, and hand-painted motifs including a butterfly, seashells, and botanical leaves. View VI
Archive VII A small white hard-paste porcelain ewer with a high looped gilded handle, flared gold interior rim, and hand-painted motifs including a butterfly, seashells, and botanical leaves. View VII
Archive VIII A small white hard-paste porcelain ewer with a high looped gilded handle, flared gold interior rim, and hand-painted motifs including a butterfly, seashells, and botanical leaves. View VIII
Archive IX A small white hard-paste porcelain ewer with a high looped gilded handle, flared gold interior rim, and hand-painted motifs including a butterfly, seashells, and botanical leaves. View IX
Archive X A small white hard-paste porcelain ewer with a high looped gilded handle, flared gold interior rim, and hand-painted motifs including a butterfly, seashells, and botanical leaves. View X
Archive XI A small white hard-paste porcelain ewer with a high looped gilded handle, flared gold interior rim, and hand-painted motifs including a butterfly, seashells, and botanical leaves. View XI
Archive XII A small white hard-paste porcelain ewer with a high looped gilded handle, flared gold interior rim, and hand-painted motifs including a butterfly, seashells, and botanical leaves. View XII
Archive XIII A small white hard-paste porcelain ewer with a high looped gilded handle, flared gold interior rim, and hand-painted motifs including a butterfly, seashells, and botanical leaves. View XIII
Archive XIV A small white hard-paste porcelain ewer with a high looped gilded handle, flared gold interior rim, and hand-painted motifs including a butterfly, seashells, and botanical leaves. View XIV
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Robert Belcher Antiques

Robert Belcher Antiques
Telephone 07929 011224 or 01905 622468
Location
Worcestershire
United Kingdom

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A small white hard-paste porcelain ewer with a high looped gilded handle, flared gold interior rim, and hand-painted motifs including a butterfly, seashells, and botanical leaves.
Early 19th century French porcelain miniature ewer circa 1830
Ref: SA1183561
A small white hard-paste porcelain ewer with a high looped gilded handle, flared gold interior rim, and hand-painted motifs including a butterfly, seashells, and botanical leaves.
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Cataloguer’s note

Written by Sellingantiques from the dealer’s photographs and listing
  • ObjectPitchers & Ewers
  • Period19th century
  • StyleFrench Restoration
  • MaterialHard-paste Porcelain, Gilding
  • ColourWhite and Gold
  • MotifsHigh loop handle, butterfly motif, flared gilt spout, circular pedestal foot
  • SizeH 10 cm (4 in) x W 8.5 cm (3 in) x D 6 cm (2 in)

This early 19th-century French miniature ewer takes the form of a small hard-paste porcelain pitcher decorated in a French Restoration style. The glossy white glaze provides a bright canvas for hand-painted botanical leaves, a blue and black butterfly, pink flowers, and a yellow shell near a red coral motif. A high looped handle rises from the bulbous body, terminating at a wide flared rim with a gold interior, while the entire piece rests on a circular pedestal foot. Rich gilding accents the handle, the scalloped rim, and the base, showing minor age-related wear on the metallic surfaces. Measuring 10 cm high, 8.5 cm wide, and 6 cm deep, this delicate vessel serves as an ornamental display item. It fits easily into a home today as a decorative accent placed on a bookshelf or a cabinet shelf among fine small porcelains.

FAQs

A porcelain ewer is a decorative jug-like vessel featuring a spout, narrow neck, and single handle historically used for pouring liquids. Miniature versions became widely sought after during the early 19th century as collectible cabinet display pieces.

These pieces were crafted from hard-paste porcelain fired at high temperatures for durability and translucency. Decoration was applied by hand using polychrome overglaze enamels and accented with mercury gilding on the handle, rim, and foot.

Authentic pieces from this era typically exhibit fine hand-painted details, natural age-related rubbing on gilt highlights, and incised maker marks or numbers on the unglazed base rim.

A miniature porcelain ewer is best styled inside a glass-fronted cabinet, on a shallow bookshelf, or alongside modern studio pottery to provide contrast. Grouping small period ceramics on a marble tray also creates a focused tabletop feature.

Clean the surface gently using a soft, dry microfibre cloth or soft brush to remove dust. Avoid chemical cleansers, water immersion, and abrasive rubbing, as these methods can lift delicate enamel paint and wear away hand-applied gilding.
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