"18th Century Soft Porcelain Plate From The Comte d'Artois Factory"
Soft Porcelain Plate 18th Century Manufacture of the Count of ArtoisThe Count of Artois, brother of Louis XVI and future Charles X, created this factory to compete with his brother's Sèvres factory. This story illustrates the internal power struggles within the French royal family.Soft porcelain platedecorated with painted flowersthe reverse is signed by the factory and engraved with hollow initialsedges scalloped with gilded friezesgood condition (see photos)some very small chipsdimensions 24cm in diameter