Three Jacob Petit Paris Porcelain Scent Bottles
mid-19th century, in the Rococo Revival taste, including a pair of melon-ground bottles set with molded troubadour figures against hand-painted flowers, h. 9-1/2", dia. 3-3/4", and a blue-ground bottle decorated with delicately molded shells and leaves, h. 10", dia. 4-1/2", each signed "J.P." on the bottom in underglaze blue.
Provenance: The Estate of Frank Fasullo, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Condition Report **One melon-ground bottle with scattered rubbing. One with some restoration to the stopper, a restored neck to the bottle, restoration to one cartouche on the neck, a restored scroll at the largest point and a restoration to one foot. The single bottle with restoration to the stopper, some rubbing to the gilt, and a base that has been broken into six pieces and now reassembled and restored.
Provenance The Estate of Frank Fasullo, New Orleans, Louisiana.