Manufacture De Nyon, Late 18th Century - Suite Of 4 Cups And Saucers - Louis XVI Porcelain

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Suite of 4 cups and saucers
Painted hard porcelain with gilding, underglaze blue mark.
Dimensions : D. ; H. (cm.)
Nyon, Switzerland, circa 1785

An unusual set of four cups without handles or small bowls or bowls. The decoration is called "mille-fleurs" according to the books of the manufactory. It is surrounded by wolf's tooth gilding. The small stems and absence of cornflowers mean that this floral decoration can be dated as one of the earliest executed (see Ceramica.ch).

The Nyon factory
Founded in 1781 to counterbalance imports of French and German porcelain, the Nyon factory experienced difficulties from the outset in obtaining funding from both the cantons and private financiers. However, with a large, skilled workforce poached from abroad, the results were appreciable: gilding and bouquets of flowers for the simplest pieces, and silhouetted portraits, landscapes and faux marbles for the more complex models. The factory closed in 1813.

Condition report: minor wear to the gold, one saucer restocked.