Duc d'Angoulême's porcelain factory
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File:Clock by Jean-Nicolas Schmit, Paris, with bisque porcelain figures from the Duc d’Angoulême’s porcelain factory, c. 1785-1790 - Waddesdon Manor - Buckinghamshire, England - DSC07789.jpg
Clock by Jean-Nicolas Schmit, Paris, with bisque porcelain figures from the Duc d’Angoulême’s porcelain factory, c. 1785-1790
The Duc d'Angoulême's porcelain factory was a hard-paste porcelain factory in Paris, active from February 25, 1781 until 1828. It was founded by Christophe Dihl (1752-1830) and Antoine Guérhard (d.1793). From an early stage, it operated under the protection of the child Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, (1775-1844) which permitted it to operate despite the Sèvres monopoly. The factory's original location was rue de Bondy, Paris, but moved to rue du Temple in 1789.
References
- French Porcelain - A Catalogue of the British Museum Collection, Aileen Dawson, London, 1994, pp. 356-358.
- British Museum description
