The Dihl et Guérhard porcelain factory was established in 1781, in the rue de Bondy, Paris, by the partners Christopher Dihl, and Antoine Guérhard, under the protection of Louis Antoine, duc d'Angoulême, son of the comte d'Artois and nephew of Louis XVI of France. With the technical expertise of Dihl, the enterprise was successful from the start and, by 1785, employed twelve sculptors and thirty painters. By 1789, it had moved to larger premises on the rue de Temple. The factory specialised in the production of exceptional quality biscuit porcelain figures, groups and clock garnitures, hard-paste porcelain vases and wares, as well as jasper plaques in imitation of Wedgwood. It counted George Washington among its clients, represented in France by Gouverneur Morris. For a detailed account of the history of the Dihl et Guérhard factory, and in particular its production of biscuit figures, groups and clocks, see Régine de Plinval de Guillebon, Les Biscuits de porelaine de Paris XVIII^e-XIX^e siècles, Dijon, 2012, pp. 242-247. For a list of the models produced, see the article by the same author, ‘La Manufacture de Porcelaine de Guérhard et Dihl dite du duc d’Angoulême’, The French Porcelain Society, monograph IV, 1988, pp. 17-22, and p. 20, where both La Paix and La Justice are listed, attributed to the sculptor Lemire (1741-1827), who is recorded as working as a sculptor at the factory and supplied many models. An example of each of these models (on untitled, ormolu-mounted white biscuit bases) are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession nos. 12.188.3c (Peace) and 12.188.3b (Justice).