Darte Frères Paris Porcelain plate, Shells with insects & seaweed, c.1820
$1,150.00 AUD
Darte Brothers (Paris) Porcelain plate, superbly painted with seashells amongst seaweed, with several insects alighting on the scene including a butterfly.
Unmarked,
Circa 1820
23.6cm
Condition: Star crack visible on base only, small section of gilt re-touched, the rim & painted panel in exceptional fine condition.
From a single dispersed service, each piece with a different group of shells on seaweed, with different insects. Various auctions & collections have had pieces over the years. They all share the detailed gold borders on Mazarin blue grounds, and most have the red-stamped ‘Darte’ mark which this example lacks.
The firm was ‘Darte Frères’ – the Darte Brothers. These were the three brothers, Joseph (1765-1832), Louis Joseph (1766-1843) and Jean François (1768-1834) Darte. 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’.
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