The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern PeriodsChaffers, William
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The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods
Chaffers, William
Pottery
MARSEILLES. An important manufactory of porcelain was established here
by Jacques Gaspard Robert about 1766. Porcelain was made also by Honoré
Savy and Veuve Perrin, but was only of secondary importance. The works
were closed about the period of the French Revolution in 1793.
PARIS. Rue Thiroux. Established in 1778 by André Marie Lebeuf, and the
ware was called "Porcelaine de la Reine."
[Illustration: FIG. 221.--SUCRIER. _Mark, crowned A._]
PARIS. Rue de Bondy. Opened in 1780 by Dihl and Guerhard, under the
patronage of the Duc d'Angoulême, and the ware was called "Porcelaine
d'Angoulême."
[Illustration: FIG. 222.--EWER AND BASIN.]
PARIS. Rue Fontaine au Roi. This factory, called "De la Courtille," was
established in 1773 by Jean Baptiste Locré, who was afterwards joined by
Russinger in 1784. The latter during the Revolution became sole
director.
[Illustration: FIG. 223.--PART OF A TEA SERVICE.]
PARIS. Faubourg St. Honoré. A factory was established here by Veuve
Chicanneau, _née_ Marie Moreau. The teapot, Fig. 224, was probably made
at these works.
[Illustration: FIG. 224.--TEAPOT. _Mark, V{e} M. & C._]
PARIS. Pont-aux-Choux. In 1784, Louis Honoré de la Marre de Villars
opened an establishment for the manufacture of porcelain in the Rue des
Boulets, Faubourg St. Antoine. It was afterwards disposed of to Jean
Baptiste Outrequin de Montarcy and Edmé Toulouse, who in 1786 obtained a
brêvet from the Duke of Orleans, Louis Philippe Joseph, and authority to
sign the productions with the letters L. P., and to take the title of
_Manufacture de M. le Duc d'Orléans_. They were afterwards established
in Rue Amelot, _au Pont-aux-Choux_, by which name the porcelain is
generally known.
[Illustration: FIG. 225.--TEAPOT.]
The former name ceased in 1793, with the condemnation of the Duke of
Orleans, and the objects subsequently produced were inscribed merely
"_Fabrique du Pont-aux-Choux_."
PARIS. Rue de Crussol. Established in 1789 by Charles Potter, an
Englishman, and the ware was called the "Prince of Wales's China."
[Illustration: FIG. 226.--CUP.]
PARIS. Belleville. Originally established in 1790 by Jacob Petit; but
later removed to Fontainebleau. The products of the first period were
much esteemed, being well painted and well modelled, bearing Petit's
mark; but the proprietor unwisely altered his original plan and imitated
Dresden, counterfeiting also the mark of the crossed swords. Jacob Petit
also made biscuit figures, birds' nests, flowers, &c.
[Illustration: FIG. 227.--WATCH-STAND. _Plain white of rococo form.
Mark, J. P. in blue._ Height 5 in.]
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