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Manufacture du Duc d'Orléans (Pont aux Choux)
Hard porcelain, painted and enhanced with gilding
Vignette mark in iron red
Dimensions: H. 6.2; D. 13 (cm.)
Paris, circa 1791-3
Hard-paste porcelain litron cup and saucer painted carmine red and decorated with leafy friezes and a gilded bouquet. The parts are separated by black fillets or ribbons. This suggests that it is a sign of royal mourning, especially as the vignette mark MO or OM for Outrequin de Montarcy or Manufacture [duc d'] Orléans allows precise dating (1786 - 1793). Moreover, black is a complex color to make, and therefore rarely used in porcelain.
The Manufacture du Duc d'Orléans
In 1784, Honoré de la Marre de Villiers, then owner of the rue des Boulets factory, joined forces with Jean-Baptiste Augustin Outrequin de Montarcy to create a new hard-paste porcelain factory on rue du Pont-aux-Choux.
In 1786, Edme-Alexis Toulouse succeeded de la Marre and joined forces with de Montarcy, moving the factory to rue Amelot. It was placed under the protection of Louis-Philippe, the Duc d'Orléans. After 1793, it was run by Lefèvre. Production continued under the Restoration. Production is always elegant and meticulous. A travel set delivered to Queen Marie-Antoinette includes a service from this factory, circa 1787, 1788, now in the Louvre.
Condition report: very slight wear.
Ref: K3XK91YMOO