Paris Porcelain

In the third quarter of the 18th century, numerous porcelain manufactories sprang up in Paris, whose production competed with that of the Royal Manufacture in Sèvres. Placing themselves under the protection of influential members of the court, from Queen Marie Antoinette to Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orleans (whose name or initials they often assumed in the brand name), they gained privileges and exclusivity that were gradually taken away from Sèvres. Count Tadini’s collection documents the manufactures of Locré, to whom we owe the table service, ‘du Duc d’Orleans’, ‘de la Reine’ then Housel, and those of the merchants Nast and Darte frères.