Quinqué with vase; Samson, France, second half of the 19th century.

Quinqué with vase; Following Imari type models, Samson, France, second half of the nineteenth century.
Samson style porcelain and gilded bronze.
Presents breakage and restoration on the lid.
Measurements: 67 x 21 cm.
Quinqué with adapted tibor type vase. The porcelain piece follows the pattern of the Samson style. The firm Samson, Edmé et Cie. was founded by Edmé Samson in 1845 in Paris, with the aim of producing replicas of ceramic and porcelain pieces exhibited in museums and private collections. The factory, moved to Montreuil in 1864, focused on the reproduction of antique and also modern pieces from other manufactures, such as Meissen, Sèvres, Chelsea and Derby. Among the pieces reproducing styles of the past are objects inspired by Italian majolica, Persian plates, Bernard Palissy pieces and Hispano-Muslim ceramics, as well as Japanese Imari and Arita pieces and reproductions of Chinese porcelain, especially of the 18th century Pink Family and Green Family styles. Samson's pieces were always reproductions, never copies with intent to deceive.