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September 29, 02:25 PM GMT
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5,000 - 7,000 EUR
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2,800 EUR
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Description
each painted with a bird specimen in landscape, the blue-ground rims with gilt borders, four with black script title to the reverse, "Faisan mâle", "Le Mangeur de Serpents", "l'ourigourap" and "le porte lambeaux", iron-red stencilled ‘DARTE Palais Royal no. 21’ marks, green enamel fish mark and incised marks to some
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Diam. 23 cm (9 in.)
There were three Darte brothers, Joseph (1765-1832), Louis Joseph (1766-1843) and Jean François (1768-1834). In 1795 they pursued a venture in porcelain and bought a factory in Paris, located at 3 rue de Charonne. The three brothers opened a shop at the Palais Royal, under the direction of Jean François. By 1803 two of the brothers Louis Joseph and Jean François formed a new company, keeping the name Darte Frères while Joseph Darte continued under 'Darte Ainé'.
The source for at least three of the birds, Le Mangeur de Serpents, L’Ourigourap and Le Porte-Lambeaux, appears to be François Levaillant’s Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux d’Afrique, published in six volumes in Paris, [1796-] 1799-1808. With thanks to G. de Girolamo for supplying this information.
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