A Paris (Darte Frères) part-service, circa 1810-15

each painted with a titled view of Paris, French or Naples, with alternating elaborate tooled gilt borders reserved on a deep blue ground, comprising thirteen plates, 23.cm., 9 1/4 in. diam., four soup plates, 23.2cm., 9 1/4 in. diam., two footed tazza, 13.6cm., 5 3/8 in. high, a glass cooler, 34.8cm., 13 3/4 in. wide, two oval footed sauceboats on fixed stands, cover and a matched cover, 26cm., 10 1/4 in. wide, and two pierced baskets on fixed pierced stands, 21.7cm., 8 1/2 in. high, some pieces with gilt D. S. mark,

One plate with a six point star crack to the face of the plate. One plate with a chip on the foot rim, and another with a restored rim chip with an area of re-gilding at the rim and associated hairline crack at the reverse. One footed tazza with two glaze crazing cracks, the other tazza with two short hair cracks and a repaired small chip to the top edge of the foot. One pierced basket with a star crack to the underside of the stand, the other with a section of the rim repaired, approximately 8.5cm wide. One crenulation of the glass cooler is restored and re-gilt. One oval sauceboat with a hairline crack to stand, the cover is probably matched from another piece, with a section of the spoon rest lacking.
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In the Darte family there were three 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'.