PART OF A PORCELAIN DINNER SERVICE FOR THE MAISON AU VASE ÉTRUSQUE IN PARIS decorated on the rim with a gilded fillet and scrolls Marked on the underside: Au Vase Etrusque, 20 Bd Malesherbes, Paris Comprising : - thirty-five dessert or entrée plates - Diam. 22 cm - forty-two dinner plates - Diam. 25 cm - twelve soup plates - Diam. 24.5 cm - one circular serving dish - Diam. 29.5 cm - two oval serving dishes - Length 41 cm and 46.5 cm - a sauceboat - one covered vegetable dish Total number of pieces: 94 ATTACHED: A set of porcelain tableware including plates, teapot, sugar bowl and milk jug (damaged) Louis Damon (1860-1947) became owner of the "Au Vase Etrusque" store at 20 rue Malesherbes in Paris in 1887, at the age of 27. A great creative thinker, he had a decoration workshop and made his own models for resale. In 1889, the Daum brothers commissioned him to finish berluze vases with long handles. They worked on them in his workshop, finely wheel-engraving them in cameo or intaglio with plant ornaments that he designed himself in the Art Nouveau style. He also distributed a range of glassware at Vallerysthal, Portieux and Baccarat. Awarded a silver medal at the 1900 Exposition Universelle, he joined forces with his brother-in-law Delente. He then signed Damon et Delente/Au Vase Etrusque. In the 1920s, the store moved to 4 avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie in Paris.