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Marie Antoinette cabaret set Old Paris #2395176

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Marie Antoinette cabaret set Old Paris #2395176
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A very rare simulated blue marble cabaret set of the factory Andre Marie Leboeuf, Rue Thiroux, Paris, France circa 1785-1790.


A This is a Paris porcelain cabaret set was made at the Rue Thiroux factory of Andre-Marie Leboeuf in approx. 1785-90.

This rare cabaret set is hand painted in rare simulated blue marble with gold gilt veins. The cabaret set has a big tray a cylindrical teapot with a Sevres style handle. A sugar missing it's lid and a creamer, all painted in Simulated blue marble.

The factory was at the time under the patronage of Queen Marie Antoinette following an altercation between Leboeuf and the celebrated Sevres factory who resented the production of this exquisite porcelain which rivaled their own.




The Queen encouraged Leboeuf in the production of fine porcelain by ordering china for her dairy at Versailles and as presents for favored friends. Subsequently, Leboeuf's china became known as "Porcelaine de la Reine".

The tray which bears the mark granted to the factory being a capital "A" beneath the Queen's crown in red.



The colors are as fresh and vibrant as the day it was made.

The red painted mark is worn on the base, but is quite discernable.

As of 1770, a large number of porcelain factories were set up in the capital. In order to avoid the royal privileges that banned production outside the Royal Manufactories (Sèvres, Vincennes, etc) and to have the right to produce, factories placed themselves under the protection of leading personalities ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Good </td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1785-90</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:Paris France </td></tr>
<tr><td>Maker:Andre Marie Leboeuf, Rue Thiroux</td></tr>




<tr><td>Title:Marie Antoinette cabaret set Old Paris</td></tr>

<tr><td>Materials:painted porcelain </td></tr>
<tr><td>Type:Neoclassical </td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:Historic Baltimore MD</td></tr>
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