Splendid Vieux Paris (Old Paris) porcelain large milk jug / carafe. Round baluster form, resting on a stepped pedestal foot. Ribbed design with alternating white porcelain and gilded vertical stripes; the handle has applied moulded acanthus leaf decoration. Sumptuous gold plating makes this a wonderful example of the Empire style.

This shape and gold/white palette were very popular at the turn of the 19th century; similar examples were produced by Royal Vienna as well as Sevres.

This pitcher was decorated by Jean-Pierre Feuillet (active 1814–1834). The base is unmarked, but the jug came from the same estate collection as:

• https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/326107962745
• https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226120281895
  

France, c. 1830's

494 g
13.5 cm tall to spout
14.5 cm spout to handle
12 cm across widest point
9.5 cm across the base

Excellent antique condition. Firing and gilding defect to handle; small pockmark to gilding on the foot; some wear to gilding appropriate to age and use; fleabite to edge of foot.