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Old Paris porcelain Marie Antoinette dish Rue #2288245

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Old Paris porcelain Marie Antoinette dish  Rue #2288245
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A VERY RARE PORCELAIN DISH - FACTORY OF ANDRE-MARIE LEBOEUF, RUE THIROUX, PARIS c. 1780

9 1/2 " (24 cms) diam.

This is a porcelain dish made at the Rue Thiroux factory of Andre-Marie Leboeuf in approx. 1780.

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.



Please look at Regine de Plinval de Guillebon's 1972 book Porcelains of Paris page 92. There is a round scalloped ribbed bowl dish very close to this one.

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 dish is of fluted lobed form decorated with sprigs of scattered garden flowers. The condition is perfect. There are no chips, cracks, restoration.

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


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 (Comte de Provence, Comte d?Artois, Duc d?Orléans, and others).
As for Marie Antoinette, from 1776, she protected André Marie Leboeuf, established in Rue Thiroux, ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Good </td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1780's </td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:Paris France </td></tr>
<tr><td>Maker:Rue Thiroux</td></tr>




<tr><td>Title:Old Paris porcelain Marie Antoinette dish Rue</td></tr>
<tr><td>Style:sprigs </td></tr>
<tr><td>Materials:painted porcelain </td></tr>
<tr><td>Type:Louis XVI </td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:Historic Baltimore MD</td></tr>
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