Cup And Saucer Decorated With Playing Cards (rare) In Paris Porcelain - Empire Period

The cup and saucer have a gold background, decorated with a scattering of polychrome playing cards in trompe l'oeil, presented as if they had been thrown onto a table. Gold fillets on the edges.Dimension(s): Cup: Height. 6 cm - Length. 8.3 cm - Saucer: Diam. 13.2 cm,Condition(s): PERFECT CONDITION,Period: EMPIRE.VERY RARE DECORUnder the Empire (˜1805–1815), salon sociability (hot water bottle, whist, quadrille) inspired trompe-l'oeil “playing card” decorations on Paris porcelain. The cards, painted in bright polychrome (French portrait: kings, queens and jacks mixed with point cards), appear to be thrown and overlap on a gold or polychrome background. The motif is found mainly on litron cups and their saucers. Several Parisian workshops use it (Dagoty, Nast, Locré-Russinger, Darte, Schoelcher, etc.), but the pieces are often not marked as for this cup and saucer. PAYMENT and TRANSPORT PAYMENTS ACCEPTED BANK TRANSFER / PAYPAL / BANK TRANSFER / CB online or by CHECK (Possibility of payment in installments). PARCELS WILL BE POSTED WITHIN 4 DAYS. GROUPED SHIPPING POSSIBLE IN CASE OF PURCHASE OF MULTIPLE ITEMS.