Part Of Botanical Service, Flamen-fleury, Paris 1820-1830

Magnificent part of a dessert service composed of eighteen (18) plates decorated with flowers in Paris porcelain from the Flamen Fleury factory. Each plate, with a golden border, is painted in its center with a unique motif of flowers in the style of a botanical illustration, the species of which is identified on the reverse of the plate: Hudson rose, Gaia filiforme, Pervanche, Nasturtium, Cornflower, Simple Quarantine, Persian Rose (2), Tigridia, Dalia, Carnation, Male Lily, Chinese Shoe, …. Etc. All the plates with the exception of the “tulip” also bear the red stamp of the Flamen-Fleury factory, which allows us to place them around 1820. A renowned porcelain decorator under the Empire, Fleury was a manufacturer on rue du faubourg Saint- Denis in Paris. When he died in 1813, his factory was passed on to his daughters, including his wife Flamen. The stamp then becomes Flamen-Fleury. Under Louis-Philippe he was supplier of the crown and the furniture. The quality of the gold and the polychrome decorations are characteristic of the production of the most famous hard porcelain factories in Paris in the first quarter of the 19th century. The activity seems to cease around 1835. These plates are in a very good state of conservation and do not show any restoration.