Pot Pourri Signed l'Escalier De Cristal

A potpourri vase in turquoise enamelled sandstone with gilt bronze mounts. The bronzes, of very good quality, are openwork and decorated with foliage, rockeries and flowers. Under the bottom of the jar, a printed label reads: “MAISON L’ESCALIER DE CRISTAL PANNIER-LAHOCHE & Cie. 1 rue Auber and rue Scribe, 6. (Opposite the Grand Opera) » 1628. There are also Chinese Ideograms on the bottom of the pot. Under the lid is engraved "Escalier de Cristal Paris". Dimensions: L: 30cm D: cm H: 35cm Restorations: for use and maintenance. Period: 19th century Documentation: A luxury store in the 19th century: L'Escalier de cristal (1804-1923) is an old house Parisian company created by Marie Desarnaud, born Marie Jeanne Rosalie Charpentier, in 1804. Famous under the Restoration, she was the first merchant of her time to offer clocks, candelabra, ornamental vases which combine cut crystal, porcelain or sandstone and gilded bronze The Japanese pavilion at the Universal Exhibition of 1867 revived in France the taste for objects from the land of the rising sun. Under the influence of Henry Pannier, who was looking for new outlets, the Crystal Staircase encouraged Parisian cabinetmakers to produce furniture in the Japanese style. Gabriel Viardot takes over existing creations and re-interprets them in a "Chinese-Japanese genre" but adapted to European tastes Gold medal at the exhibition of products of French industry in 1819 Gold medal at the Exhibition Universal of Paris in 1900.