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Queen's Factory (The factory was established in 1776 by Andre Marie Leboeuf (c. 1755-1810). Because he was technically still a minor, under 25 years, the contract for the transfer of the land on which the factory stood was signed by his widowed mother and Jacques-Pascal Barrachin. Barrachin had been a merchant in Lyons, and since 1774 had been associated with the Marquis d'Usson at the factory run by Hannong in the Faubourg St. Denis. Not long before the partnership deeds between Leboeuf and Barrachin were signed Leboeuf registered the mark of the letter A. The protection of Marie Antoinette was given to the factory two years later and the mark changed from a blue A to an A crowned and in red.
In Feb 1797 Leboeuf sold the factory to Charles Barthelemy Guy and Marie Antoinette Houzel, continuing in production until 1806.)
Vase, hard-paste porcelain, inverted egg-shaped form with a cylindrical neck that has concave sides, spreading foot, two vertical handles in the shape of acanthus leaves are moulded onto the body and have scrolling upper terminals; the handles are gilded, the rim and the base of the neck and the foot are banded with wide gilt borders, the neck is painted with a scrolling leaf and flower border in gold in between borders of petals in gold, the foot is banded with a gold trellis border, the body of the vase is decorated with a gold diaper ground and the front of the vase is reserved with a square panel outlined with a gold border and painted with flowers.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 38744
Creation/Production
Queen's Factory
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Measurements
Height
(cm): 22.4
diam
(cm): 11.2
Height
(in): 8
diam
(in): 4
Techniques
Moulded
Forming
Applied Art
Applied
Decoration
Applied Art
Painted
Decoration
Applied Art
Gilded
Decoration
Applied Art
Glazed
Decoration
Applied Art
Material
Hard-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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