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Pierre Louis Dagoty's porcelain was characterised by the use of vivid colours and the thick application of burnished gold leaf. He borrowed from Neoclassical ornament but his designs also included Egyptian and Chinoiseries motifs.

Dagoty's elegant wares won him the patronage of Empress Joséphine. At the height of production, in 1807, he employed over a hundred workers, and exported his wares to Russia. After the fall of the Empire, manufacture continued under the protection of the Duchesse d'Angoulême, the only surviving child of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.

Between 1816 and 1820, Dagoty worked in partnership with François Maurice Honoré. In 1817, Dagoty and Honoré received a commission from President James Monroe of the United States for a dinner service and matching dinner service.