VINTAGE ROYAL LIMOGES TWO CUPS AND A SAUCER FRANCE HAND PAINTED WITH GOLD

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VINTAGE ROYAL LIMOGES TWO CUPS AND A SAUCER FRANCE HAND PAINTED WITH GOLD:
$118.00

VINTAGE ROYAL COBALT BLUE LIMOGESFRANCE HAND PAINTED

Two tall cups and a saucer

Made in France

Mid.20 century

This vintageLimoge set is a beautiful cobalt blue and gold. This set is hand painted withgold. They are in good condition. The gold is still bright andshiny.

Measurement:

The cup is 5.5inches tall and diameter 2.75 inches at the top.

The saucer is 4inches diameter.

There are no chips orcracks,excellent condition.

Limoges History

Limoges porcelain designates hard-pasteporcelain produced by factories near the city of Limoges, France beginning in thelate 18th century, but does not refer to a particular manufacturer

Limoges had strong antecedents in the production of decorative objects. Thecity was the most famous European centre of vitreousenamel production in the 12th century, and Limogesenamel was known as Opus de Limogiaor Labor Limogiae.

Limoges had also been the site of a minor industry producing plain faience earthenwaressince the 1730s.

The manufacturing of hard-paste porcelain at Limoges wasestablished by Turgot in 1771 followingthe discovery of local supplies of kaolin and a materialsimilar to petuntse in the economically distressed area at Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, near Limoges.The materials, which were quarried beginning in 1768, were used to producehard-paste porcelain similar to Chineseporcelain.

The manufactory at Limoges was placed under the patronage of the comte d\'Artois, brother of Louis XVI, and was later purchased by the King in 1784, apparentlywith the idea of producing hard-paste bodies for decoration at Sèvres, although this never happened.

After the FrenchRevolution a number of private factories were established at Limoges, including Bernardaud and Haviland& Co.

Limoges maintains the position it established in the 19th century as thepremier manufacturing city of porcelain in France