an extremely rare french antique dihl old paris porcelain portrait bowl & saucer c.1795+

An extremely rare late 18th / early 19th century French Dihl Old Paris Porcelain Bowl & Saucer, the Bowl with extremely fine bronzed portrait handles the whole with gilding - Dihl porcelain is extremely hard to find and these bronzed pieces very rarely come onto the market

Circa: 1795 - 1810Mark in blue (Bowl) - Red printed (Saucer)Good Antique Condition - the Saucer with a shallow re-glued flake please see imageBowl: 4.5 inches (12cm) max width X 3.75 inches (9.5cm) height approxSaucer: 5.5 inches (14cm) diaPrice includes safe UK shipping - safe International shipping at cost
Duc d'Angoulême's Factory (manufacturer/factory; French; 1781 - 1828)Also known as Duc d'Angoulême's Factory; Dihl and Guérhard; Dihl and Guérhard's factory; Guérhard and Dihl's factory
Address Rue de Bondy, Paris (1781-c.1790), later rue du Temple (1789-1828).Biography
Hard-paste porcelain factory established on 25 February 1781 in the rue de Bondy, Paris, by Christophe Dihl (1752-1830), Antoine Guérhard (d.1793) and his wife Louise-Françoise-Madeleine Croizé (1751-1831). Interlaced GA mark registered in November 1781, the second letter probably standing for the duc d'Angoulême (1775-1844) who became the factory's protector at an early stage, even though aged only five. Royal protection enabled the factory to make and sell coloured and gilt porcelain despite the monopoly granted to Sèvres in 1766. The factory moved to new premises in rue du Temple in 1789. It initially enjoyed considerable success and survived the Revolution, but finanacial problems necessitated large loans in 1807 and 1809. Eventually the business was wound up in 1828. Dihl died a ruined man in February 1830 and his wife - he married Guérhard's widow in 1797 - died in July 1831. The factory's products were of the highest quality - see Dawson 1994 pp 356-358 for more detail.
Bibliography
Aileen Dawson 'French Porcelain - A Catalogue of the British Museum Collection' [London, 1994] pp. 356-358.

Materials:

Porcelain

Width (cm):

14

Height (cm):

10.5

Depth (cm):

14

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