Halley - Chocolate Cup And Saucer - Porcelain - Salembier Style Decoration - Circa 1800

Visible in Paris. Hand delivery in the capital and its suburbs. Delivery within France: €15. Contact me for Europe and worldwide shipping. Cup and saucer. Hard-paste porcelain, painted and enhanced with gilding. Gold mark on the underside of the cup. Dimensions: H. 9; D. 17 (cm). Paris, circa 1800-1810. Elegant cup decorated with friezes known as "à la Salembier," entirely in gilding. Henri Salembier (1753-1820) was a Parisian painter and ornamentalist who published numerous books on decoration starting in 1777. These were enormously successful and played a significant role in developing the vocabulary used in French decorative arts at the end of the Ancien Régime and during the revolutionary period. Finally, it should be noted that Henri Salembier worked in collaboration with the Duke of Angoulême's factory: Dihl and Guérhard. Charles Halley's workshop began his career as a potter on Rue Montmartre in Paris. He appears in almanacs as early as 1793. In 1803, he is mentioned in a notarial act as a potter and porcelain merchant. His factory decorated porcelain blanks from the Locré and Nast factories, among others. In 1811, Charles Halley married his daughter to Lebon's son, a merchant of crystal, earthenware, and porcelain. The partnership formed Halley Lebon, in use from this period until 1822. During the Restoration, Halley Lebon was under the protection of the Count of Artois, the future Charles X, and received a patent from Monsieur, the King's brother. Our chocolate cup is therefore likely to predate 1811. Condition report: Excellent condition