Darte Frères - Rare Dinner Plate - Model Of The Views Of Paris - Porcelain From The Empire Peri

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Darte Frères
Dinner plate
Dimensions : 24 (cm.)
Painted porcelain enhanced with gilding
Paris, circa 1810

A very rare plate from the ‘vues de Paris’ service. The marli is richly decorated with friezes of matt and burnished gold and royal blue. The basin is decorated with a view of the Pont Royal from the Pont Neuf, with the statue of Henri IV in the centre and the Louvre to the left. 

The Darte brothers produced an entire service based on this model, which is illustrated in the last photo. References: Koller sale, 23 March 2015, sold for CHF 26,400

The Darte factory
Originally three brothers, they started making porcelain in 1795 and bought a factory on rue de Charonne. At the same time, they opened a shop in the Palais Royal. In 1804, they parted company amicably. The brothers Louis Joseph and Jean François founded a new company, keeping the name Darte Frères, and set up shop on rue de la Roquette, while Joseph Darte continued under the name ‘Darte Ainé à Paris’ and moved to rue de Popincourt.
The brothers prospered (from 80 to 100 workers in peacetime) and an advertisement in 1809 announced that the factory bore the title ‘Manufacture de porcelaine de S.A.I. Madame Mère de S.M. L'Empereur et Roi’. In 1816, a second shop opened at 16, rue Vienne (the first in the Palais Royal had already been in operation since 1798). The factory took part in the 1819 exhibition and, as in 1806, won a silver medal. However, things got complicated in 1820 and three years later the brothers divided the company's assets between themselves. In 1824, Louis Joseph went into partnership with one of his sons, Auguste Remi, but the business collapsed a year later. In 1828, the company went bankrupt.


Condition report: accidents and restorations