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Lot Essay
Few pieces from the Service de la Ménagerie would appear to be extant. A soup plate and a glass cooler were given to the Victoria & Albert museum in 1901 by J.H. Fitzhenry [1299-1901; C.403-1909]. A pair of plates from the Dupuy collection was sold at Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 2-3 April 1948, lot 127.
Described by Saint-Simon as man with "an almost stupid foolishness an indomitable obstinacy, and insatiable self-interest," Louis de Bourbon, duc de Bourbon and prince de Condé (1692-1740), began his time in the French government in 1715, when he was appointed to the Regency Council of Philippe d'Orléans. In 1723, after rushing to Louis XV's deathbed to request the prime ministership, he was appointed premier ministre to the king, giving him the control of the mail and press as well as a platform to encourage the religious persecution of Huguenots. After a three year spell, Louis de Bourbon was dismissed from the prime ministership and exiled to the Château de Chantilly in 1726, where he revived the estate and founded the Chantilly porcelain factory in the years following.
Described by Saint-Simon as man with "an almost stupid foolishness an indomitable obstinacy, and insatiable self-interest," Louis de Bourbon, duc de Bourbon and prince de Condé (1692-1740), began his time in the French government in 1715, when he was appointed to the Regency Council of Philippe d'Orléans. In 1723, after rushing to Louis XV's deathbed to request the prime ministership, he was appointed premier ministre to the king, giving him the control of the mail and press as well as a platform to encourage the religious persecution of Huguenots. After a three year spell, Louis de Bourbon was dismissed from the prime ministership and exiled to the Château de Chantilly in 1726, where he revived the estate and founded the Chantilly porcelain factory in the years following.