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The birds titled on the reverse are:
La grûe panachée;
pie grieche ditalie;
pie grieche rousse de france femelle;
bergeronette du Cap de bonne espérance
In 1787 the Tournai factory received an order for a service for Philippe-Joseph, Duc d'Orléans (1747-93). It is not known whether the entire service was delivered to the Palais-Royale in Chantilly, but it is certain that not all pieces were delivered in 1791. This extensive service comprised a total of 1593 pieces, of which 594 were sold to the Prince of Wales through the dealer Robert Fogg, recorded in two invoices dated 18 July 1803 and 9 October 1806 (See: L. Delplace, Considérations sur les porcelains de Tournai (1970), pp.256-259). Additional pieces were certainly delivered as there are more examples of some shapes in the Royal Collection than mentioned on the invoices of 1806 and 1809. Only 565 pieces of the service survive in the Royal Collection, which leaves 29 pieces unaccounted for, which might have been given away as gifts.
A cup and saucer from the service was sold in these rooms, 8 December 2010, lot 152, and a riveted plate sold in these rooms, 9 December 2021, lot 261.