Figurine Of Flower Seller, Samson, France, 19th Century

Antique figurine of a young woman selling small bouquets of flowers, Samson, France, 19th century. This beautiful street seller holds a round basket with small bouquets and wears a dress richly adorned with beautiful flowers of different colors and a white apron with a gold-rimmed edge. The figurine showcases a high level of craftsmanship, especially in the detailing of the woman’s face and her dress. She is intricately modeled and hand-painted with beautiful details. For the first time, a series depicting street vendors was produced by Meissen (“Cris de Paris,” c.1880), based on etchings by the famous French artist Bouchardon (1698-1762). After a while, many companies began to produce their own versions of street vendors.
The French porcelain factory Samson, established by Edmé Samson in Paris in 1845, produced high-quality copies of various kinds of porcelain, including Meissen, Chantilly, Chelsea, Derby, and Chinese. These reproductions were created with great skill and can be difficult to distinguish from the originals. At a certain stage of development, copies of Samson became more valuable than the originals. Samson porcelain gained a reputation for its finely painted and carefully modeled porcelain figures that it holds for collectors today.
Dimensions:
Height: 22.5 cm
Width: 9 cm
Depth: 9 cm
Weight: 600 grams
Condition:
There is a tear in the black rope on the back, and the fingers are overpainted. I examined it under a UV lamp—the brushes are fine, but it seems there has been restoration to the ends of the fingers. For some reason, all the brushes are overpainted, and the paint on them has flaked off. The rest of the figure is in excellent condition, with almost no loss of paint, enamel, or gilding.
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