Manufacture Du Duc d'Orléans, Pont Aux Choux, Circa 1793 - Litron Cup And Saucer - Carmine Base And Royalist Mourning Ribbon

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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

A carmine-red painted hard-paste porcelain cup and saucer decorated with foliate 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 mark with the vignette MO or OM for Outrequin de Montarcy or Manufacture [duc d'] Orléans gives a precise date (1786 - 1793). Moreover, black is a complex colour to make and is therefore rarely used in porcelain. 

The Manufacture of the Duc d'Orléans
In 1784, Honoré de la Marre de Villiers, then owner of the factory in rue des Boulets, joined forces with Jean-Baptiste Augustin Outrequin de Montarcy to create a new hard porcelain factory in 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 then placed under the protection of Louis-Philippe, the Duke of Orléans. After 1793, it was run by Lefèvre. Production continued under the Restoration. Production was always elegant and meticulous. A travel set delivered to Queen Marie-Antoinette includes a service from this factory, circa 1787, 1788 and kept in the Louvre.

Condition report: very minor wear.