Mennecy-Villeroy porcelain

Pair of peacocks (back and front), c. 1745–1750
French porcelain
Mennecy soft-paste porcelain, circa 1750

Mennecy-Villeroy porcelain (or Mennecy porcelain) is a French soft-paste porcelain from the manufactory established under the patronage of Louis-François-Anne de Neufville, duc de Villeroy (1695–1766) and—from 1748—housed in outbuildings ("les petites maisons") in the park of his château de Villeroy, and in the nearby village of Mennecy (Île-de-France).[1] The history of the factory remains somewhat unclear, but it is typically regarded as producing between about 1738 and 1765.[2]

  1. ^ The monograph is N. Duchon, La Manufacture de Porcelaine de Mennecy Villeroy, 1988.
  2. ^ Dawson, 199