Description: RARE EARTHENWARE POTTERY PLATE FROM EARLY REVOLUTIONARY FRANCE TRANSFER WARE DECORATION OF THE BANKER JACQUES NECKER NO CHIPS OR CRACKS. BRIGHT COLORING AND DECORATION IN GOOD CONDITION. OVERALL CRAZING IS VISIBLE, WHICH ADDS TO THE CHARM OF THIS RARE OLD PLATE. From Wikipedia: Jacques Necker30 September 1732 9 April 1804) was aGenevanbanker and statesman who served asfinance ministerforLouis XVI.[2] Necker held the finance post between July 1777 and 1781,[3]being "remembered today for taking the unprecedented step in 1781 of making public the country's budget, a novelty in anabsolute monarchywhere the state of finances had always been kept a secret."[4]Necker was dismissed within a few months. By 1788 the inexorable compounding of interest on the national debt brought France to a fiscal crisis.[5]Necker was recalled to royal service. His dismissal on 11 July 1789 was a factor in causing theStorming of the Bastille. Within two days Necker was recalled by the king and the assembly. Necker entered France in triumph and tried to accelerate thetax reformprocess. Faced with the opposition of theConstituent Assemblyhe resigned in September 1790 to a reaction of general indifference. Necker was aconstitutional monarchist, apolitical economist, and amoralist, who wrote a severe critique of the new principle ofequality before the law.[6]
Price: 243.06 USD
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
End Time: 2024-12-17T15:32:23.000Z
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Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Brand: Unmarked
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Country/Region of Manufacture: France
Production Technique: Pottery
Type: Decorative Plate
Material: Porcelain
