Antique JP Jean Pouyat Limoges France Porcelain Floral Dish Vanity Tray 12"

"Twenty eight piece antique J. Pouyat Limoges France hand painted porcelain serving dishes and saucers featuring a divided blank octagon design with gold rim. The oval bowl has a neoclassical wreath theme, and two saucers have an alternating roses theme. Includes two plate storage bags. Limoges is a city in central France. Deposits of the materials necessary for making porcelain were found near there in 1768. A doctor's wife found a deposit of white earth near the village of St. Yrieix and it turned out to be kaolin, which along with feldspar are the ingredients for making fine, Chinese-style hard-paste porcelain. A porcelain-making industry around Limoges became important in the 19th century. Eventually, many firms made porcelain in Limoges, and one of them was the company belonging to Jean Pouyat, who signed pieces made in his factory with 'J.P.' over an 'L.' The Pouyat family had a tin-glazed-earthenware factory in St. Yrieix when the kaolin was discovered and Jean Pouyat's grandfather owned a kaolin mine there. Jean's father, Francois, ran a porcelain factory in Paris from the early 1800s to around 1840, and Jean established his own porcelain factory in Limoges in 1842. Jean Pouyat died just a few years later, in 1849, and the business passed to his sons. In 1911, the Jean Pouyat Co. merged with William Guerin and Co. and, after the end of World War I, both companies became part of Bawo and Dotter...

"Mid 20th century (circa 1941-1957) hand painted Chinese Export style scallop shell porcelain dish, featuring gilded edges, a wreath of roses and an armorial central coat of arms / shield / crest motif, produced by Samson Edme et Cie. “Edmé Samson (b Paris, 1810; d Paris, 1891), founder of the porcelain firm Samson, Edmé et Cie (commonly known as Samson Ceramics...

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Set of 5 early 20th century Chinese cloisonne enamel trinket dishes / plates in a variety of colorful floral patterns and sizes. Dimensions: Large - 4"...

Exquisite antique 48 piece set of French La Porcelain Limousine Limoges porcelain dinnerware. Features a band of weaving blue flowering vi...

49 piece partial set of Limoges porcelain dinnerware by Charles Ahrenfeldt featuring gilded edges and a printed patterned border of interl...

Rare Jean Pouyat porcelain ravier plate or serving bowl is hand painted with red poppy flowers on pink background and decorated with elaborate Art Nouveau style gilded trim; wavy, o...

A small, rare porcelain dish, German made (Schonwald), designed by French designer Jean Luce, circa early-20th century, Germany and France. This small round dish may have been a dinn...

Collectible Limoges Porcelain Plate by Jean Cocteau. France, Mid-20th Century. Porcelain, signed and stamped on the back side “Limoges, France”.

French Porcelaine de Limoges vessel. Condiment dish used to serve different sauces. Vegetal decor with roses and foliage. Good antique condition Shipping: D 31 H 4 cm.

A lovely antique French Old Paris porcelain dish, bowl, or Vide-Poche catchall. This beautiful dish has scalloped edges, a scrolling leaf design, and gilt details, perfect on a dress...

A wonderful rectangular 'gentleman's trinket dish in Limoges Misencen porcelain. Featuring a highly detailed and intricately painted design in the dish base, of an imposing cheetah s...