Coffee Service, Paris Porcelain, Signed Camille Le Tallec (1906-1991), 20th Century.

Exceptional acfé service comprising a set of ten cups and saucers, a coffee pot, a milk jug and an empire-style sugar bowl decorated with figures, on a blue and gold background. Signed by Camille Le Tallec, master porcelain maker (1906-1991) Paris. Private collection. In very good condition, (small restoration to the milk jug handle). Dimensions: Saucer: diameter: 11.8 cm Cup: h.5.8 cm x diameter: 5.5 cm Teapot: h.28 cm x l.22 cm x p.14 cm Sugar bowl: h.18 cm Milk jug: h.18.5 cm Camille Le Tallec (1906-1991) graduated from the École du Louvre where he defended a thesis in 1929 on Nast porcelain in the 18th century. In 1930, he took over the small family workshop for decorating Limoges porcelain, founded by his parents around 1905 in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, at 13 Villa Faucheur. Camille Le Tallec quickly decided to faithfully perpetuate the tradition of porcelain decoration from the Sèvres factory by transforming the family business into a modern ceramics workshop with around thirty painters who were the custodians of the tradition and French know-how of porcelain painting from the 18th and 19th centuries. The motto of the Le Tallec workshop was: "No copies, no pastiches, just work well done." From 1930 to 1960, the Le Tallec workshop grew and its reputation spread to the most prestigious tables, including orders for Queen Elizabeth II of England, Queen Juliana of Holland, the Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the French Republic, the city of Paris and several large fortunes and artists.