Dihl & Guerhard Manufactory - Barbeaux Tableware Set - 43 Pieces - Empire Period

Large dinner service made of Paris porcelain. Polychrome decoration featuring barbel fish and gold fillet work. Empire and Restoration periods, early 19th century. The set consists of 18 dinner plates (23 cm in diameter), 13 soup plates, four butter ramekins (26 cm long), a sauceboat with a swan-neck spout and its lid (27.5 cm long), one round bread bowl, signed on the underside (22.8 cm in diameter, 4 cm high), one covered vegetable dish (23.5 cm in diameter) with its lid, and four circular serving platters (29.8 cm),

“Dihl and Gerhard” signature present on the underside of the bread plate, now worn away.

The Dihl and Gerhard Manufactory was founded in 1781 and established on Rue de Bondy in Paris. In 1782, the manufactory gained the patronage of the young Duke of Angoulême, Louis-Antoine d’Artois (1775–1844), (son of the future Charles X) and changed its name to La Manufacture du Duc d’Angoulême. Duringthe Revolution, the Directory, and the Empire, it reverted to the name Manufacture Dihl and Guerhard.
Our set therefore dates from the Empire period.

A beautiful set, fairly complete. It is in good overall condition, with some wear to the gilding. The handle on the sauceboat has been reattached, and there is a crack in the lid of the vegetable dish.