Victorian Porcelain Lithophane Shade Panel of Springtime Marked P.R 1309

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Victorian Porcelain Lithophane Shade Panel of Springtime Marked P.R 1309:
$185.85

A Victorian era lithophane shade panel made in France. The image is of Pierre-Agustuste Cot\'s famous painting \"Springtime\". It is held in a thin metal frame with hook.

The porcelain bears a sickle trademark with the letters P. R. 1309 The hook is marked: LITHOPHANIE FRANCAISE, PARIS, see images.

These were used to shade the direct glare from a candle or lamp the hook allowed the user to place it and move it when needed.

Excellent condition No Damage to Lithophane. Slight brass loss to hook as shown. Measures 5 1/8\" long x 4 3/8\" wide

Info on the image:

This flirtatious duo in classicizing dress, painted with notable technical finesse, reflects Cot’s allegiance to the academic style of his teachers, including Bouguereau and Cabanel. Exhibited at the Salon of 1873, the picture was Cot’s greatest success, widely admired and copied in engravings, fans, porcelains, and tapestries. Its first owner, hardware tycoon John Wolfe, awarded the work a prime spot in his Manhattan mansion, where visitors delighted in \"this reveling pair of children, drunken with first love ... this Arcadian idyll, peppered with French spice.\" Wolfe’s cousin, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe, later commissioned a similar scene from Cot, The Storm, now also in the Metropolitan’s collection (87.15.134).

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