White porcelain plate with 1.25" pink border and narrow gold outline. Central motif is a floral and foliate design of concentric rings. Outer ring radiates 12 elongated flowers. One of five plates.
Underglaze cursive inscription on bottom: "Feuillet rue de la paix no. 20." Jean-Pierre Feuillet, Decorator (French, 1777-1840). See Notes
Additional pieces of this set of dishes in collection are 2013.008.
Rue de la Paix (decorating studio), Paris
Provenance
Descent within Buchanan and Henry family to Pamela Henry (daughter of Frank Anderson Henry, Buck's youngest son) to Louisa Dent (donor).
Very small (1/2" long) area of abrasion on white, near inner gold band. Some soil on footring.
Object ID
2015.029.2
Notes
Research on E-bay has dealer's statement:
"Feuillet introduced a porcelain decorating studio at the Rue de la Paix, Paris in 1820. The products came chiefly from the Royal Factory Sèvres. His successor was Boyer (1845)."
Another seller writes:
"The Feuillet studio was at 18, Rue de la Paix, advantageously located for the wealthy denizens of the area to come visit and make purchases. The Prince of Conde gave Feuillet his protection, thus assuring a constant flow of high-end clients. Feuillet's design atelier reached its apex in the mid-1820s, lavishly decorating some of the most remarkable plates of the time. The combination of rich paste gilding, saturated border colors and meticulous fruit or floral still life paintings made the factory's output one of the favorite choices, other than Sevres, for purchase by the new French Regime. According to the book "Paris Porcelain" by Regine de Plinval de Guillebon, "Feuillet was one of the best decorators in the Restauration period," (Paris Porcelain, page 244)."
