6 French Hand Painted Floral Haviland Limoges Porcelain Oyster Plates

Antique French Limoges Morning Glory Floral & Gilt Hand Painted Porcelain Vase with Vine Form Handles, c1890 Measures - 10"h x 6 1/2"w x 6 1/2"d

Antique French Limoges Hand Painted & Gilt Porcelain Punch Bowl with Grapes & Leaf Design C1890 Measures - 5.5"H x 13.25"W x 13.25"D

Set of 4 unique, antique plates was made by Haviland & Cie in Limoges, France. The plates were hand painted by a professional artist in a decorating studio with Art Deco motif of five water lilies on pale blue background. Calm blue and green colors are accentuated by bright yellow centers of the flowers and the gold rims. The advent of Arts and Craft Movement created the notion that the aesthetic quality of everyday utilitarian objects could be improved by merit of craftsmanship, and many painters and artists felt inspired to merge their activities into decorative arts, such as ceramics, decor objects, or dinnerware. Large number of wholesale and retail firms, such as Pickard, Stouffer, or Brauer studios, and many high-end department stores that carried factory decorated Limoges's porcelain, had their own china decorating departments and produced high quality hand painted porcelain. Undecorated Haviland china...

We kindly suggest that you read the entire description, as with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. We would like to inform you that the object, described below, was part of a complete service that we have divided and we offer the loose sale of the individual pieces. Elegant Limoges white porcelain salad bowl...