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Dagoty An Empire Biscuit & Paris Porcelain Tête-à-tête
An Empire biscuit & Paris porcelain tête-à-tête
By the Empress Joséphine factory "Dagoty à Paris"
Composed of a covered teapot of baluster shape, the handle imitating the bust of a swan, a milk jug with handle ending in a swan, a covered sugar bowl resting on three claw feet, two jasmine cups and their saucers.
Adorned with a rich decoration in white biscuit on a matte blue ground in the imitation of Wedgwood, depicting swans framing palmettes, laurel friezes and garlands of flowers knotted with ribbons and arrows. The enameled interior decorated in gold with a rich frieze of stylized flowers in cartridges.
Some damages.
Dagoty factory, Paris, 1804-1814.
Mark with red stamp: " Manufacture de S. M. L'impératrice P. L. Dagoty à Paris".
H. 18 (teapot) - 16.5 (sugar bowl) - 18 (milk jug) - 10 (cup) cm.
Related works
A part of a tea service in white biscuit, probably delivered to the Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Elisa Baciocchi, is kept in Palazzo Pitti, Museum of Porcelain (inv. ACE 1911,1027-1032), reproduced on the cover of : "Lusso ed Eleganza. La porcellana francese a Palazzo Pitti e la manifattura Ginori (1800-1830), Florence, 2013, pp.126-129).
The preparatory drawing is kept at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris (inv. CD3857.13).
By the Empress Joséphine factory "Dagoty à Paris"
Composed of a covered teapot of baluster shape, the handle imitating the bust of a swan, a milk jug with handle ending in a swan, a covered sugar bowl resting on three claw feet, two jasmine cups and their saucers.
Adorned with a rich decoration in white biscuit on a matte blue ground in the imitation of Wedgwood, depicting swans framing palmettes, laurel friezes and garlands of flowers knotted with ribbons and arrows. The enameled interior decorated in gold with a rich frieze of stylized flowers in cartridges.
Some damages.
Dagoty factory, Paris, 1804-1814.
Mark with red stamp: " Manufacture de S. M. L'impératrice P. L. Dagoty à Paris".
H. 18 (teapot) - 16.5 (sugar bowl) - 18 (milk jug) - 10 (cup) cm.
Related works
A part of a tea service in white biscuit, probably delivered to the Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Elisa Baciocchi, is kept in Palazzo Pitti, Museum of Porcelain (inv. ACE 1911,1027-1032), reproduced on the cover of : "Lusso ed Eleganza. La porcellana francese a Palazzo Pitti e la manifattura Ginori (1800-1830), Florence, 2013, pp.126-129).
The preparatory drawing is kept at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris (inv. CD3857.13).
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