Manufacture Halley - Set Of 6 Signed Empire Period Gilt Porcelain Dinner Plates

Beautiful set of 6 large Paris porcelain dinner plates. Superb decoration of putti allegory of geography with the terrestrial globe, pleasure with the goat for 2 plates, and very fine polychrome landscapes for the other 4. The marlis is decorated with cartouches with antique attributes in grisaille and gold, in fine gold gilt frames of palmettes in matte and shiny. Production of the Halley Manufacture in Paris. Empire period before 1811. The 6 plates are signed underneath with the iron red stamp. From this manufacture, we know the following information from the book Porcelain in Paris under the Consulate and the Empire by Régine de Plinval de Guillebon: Charles Halley began his career as a faience maker, rue Montmartre in Paris. We find traces of him in almanacs from 1793. In 1803 he is cited in a notarial deed as a faience maker and porcelain merchant. His factory decorated porcelain blanks from the Locré, Nast and Deuster factories. In 1811, Charles Halley united his daughter with his son Lebon, a merchant of crystals, earthenware and porcelain, uniting the two businesses to create the Halley Lebon brand in use from this period. Our plates therefore date from before this period, under the Empire. Our series of plates is in perfect condition, so as to satisfy the most demanding collectors. Superb fine gold gilding in matte and shiny, with very slight traces of friction Diameter: 23.6cm