RARE-Antique GDA Limoges Hand Painted Gold Gilded Butter Pate Dish Set

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RARE-Antique GDA Limoges Hand Painted Gold Gilded Butter Pate Dish Set:
$345.00

\"Rare\" Antique c1898 GDA Limoges Hand Painted Gold Gilded French Butter Pate Dish Set! Very Minor Gold Gild Loss(Mentioned for accuracy). This is French Butter Pate Set which is rare and hard to find. All dish\'s marked on bottom. EXCELLENT CONDITION! MEASURE: 4 dish\'s -5 1/4\" x 1 1/2\" deep--1 Dish- 6\" x 2\" deep. PLEASE WAIT FOR HISTORY: Detailed Haviland China history from 1842 through 1952 accounted by Theodore Haviland II, great-great grandson of David Haviland in a letter he had written in 1952.“The production of Haviland China was begun in 1842 in Limoges, France, by David Haviland, A native-born American, formerly an importer of English ware in New York with his brother Daniel, under the firm name of D.G. and D. Haviland. The New York firm, engaged in importing Haviland China, was enlarged in 1852 by the admission of other partners, among them their brother Robert Barclay Haviland. David operated in France under the name of Haviland & Co., and New York firm acting as importer, distributor and seller of the products Robert Barclay Haviland had a son, Charles Field Haviland, who, at the age of nineteen was sent abroad in 1852, to his brother David, then successfully established, to be employed in the offices and trained in office produce in relation to the importation of china. He continued in that employ until he was 24, when he married the granddaughter of the founder of the Alluaud Factory known as the Casseaux Works. The Casseaux Works were established in 1797 by Francois Alluaud. In 1857 he retired and deeded over his factory and the business to his four children, two sons and two daughters, in equal shares. As in those days, women under French Law could not engage in business, the operation of the factory was carried on by the two sons for the benefit of all. One of Francois Alluaud’s daughters, Marie Louise, married Charles Field Haviland, the year after she became a co-owner of the factory. At that period, French potteries made only whiteware or blanks. The purchasers then sent them to artists, mostly near or in Paris, to be decorated. This is the origin of the custom to stamp the manufacturer’s identification mark on the bisque before the glaze is applied, and the decorator’s mark over the glaze after it is decorated, thus distinguishing the maker of the ware from the decorator. In later years, in many instances, as in GDA china, for example, the decoration mark became merely a device for business competition. In that connection, it is interesting to note that David Haviland revolutionized the practice. Finding that French potteries refused to produce a finished article and to make shapes and patterns suitable to American tastes, and since his prime object was to have china produced for the United States, was what led David Haviland to establish his own factory in Limoges. Naturally, as he could not send blanks to this country and be returned by the customer to Paris for decoration, he developed the practice of employing artists in his factory, thus turning out a finished product. This led to serious riots by the Guilds. But David persisted and finally won out, introducing a progressive system in the manufacturing of chinaware. When Charles Field Haviland married he set up a decorating shop, business coming to him from the Casseaux Works. He continued in this until about 1868, when he is said to have attempted manufacturing also. But eight years later, his wife’s two uncles, who operated the Casseaux Works having died, he assumed their management and control. He combined the decoration of china with the production of the whiteware in imitation of his uncle David and continued using his back-stamp on decorated ware This lasted six years, for in 1882, he sold out and the factory was taken over by an independent and unrelated firm, that of E. Gerard, Dufraisseix et Morel, whence came about the stamping of the initials CFM over GDM on whiteware in combination with the “Ch. Fields Haviland” mark on the decorated. Charles Field Haviland died in 1896. The firm, though it became E. Gerard et Dufraiuseix in 1895, Mr. Morel’s name having been dropped, continued to use GDM on its manufactured whiteware until 1898, when it adopted GDA for its American exports, always using “Ch. Field Haviland” mark on the decorated. The “A” stood for Abbott, their New York importer and distributor. Therefore, the firm was incorporated and it began business as of January 1, 1901 as Porcelaines GDA, under which name it still exists, but since 1941, it no longer uses the “Ch. Field Haviland” decorated mark. It was sold and bought by another firm that began business in 1924, with its own shapes and designs. It appeared for the first time in 1948 on wares exported to this country for sale. During the course of the foregoing events, David Haviland, in 1864, made his two sons, Charles Edward Miller and Theodore Haviland his partners. They continued the business after his death in 1879. In 1892, differences as to business policies arose between them whereupon they dissolved the partnership and divided the business, each going his way. Theodore continued his operation under his own name and shortly thereafter Charles Edward began his operations and assumed the former name of Haviland & Co. After Charles Edward’s death, his branch gradually lost in importance until activities were suspended. On the other hand, Theodore prospered and was succeeded by this son, William David, the undersigned’s father. Some twelve years ago, the operation of the Charles Edward branch having been suspended for some years, while that of Theodore flourished, Mr. William David Haviland brought about the reunion of all the Haviland assets in the Theodore branch, so that Haviland China today is operated in its entirety of the direct descendants of David, its founder.\"