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Six Paris (Darte) porcelain ornithological blue-ground cabinet plates, circa 1820

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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


(6)


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'.