Antique 49 Pc Charles Ahrenfeldt French Limoges Porcelain Dinnerware

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

"12 piece Antique Haviland & Co Limoges tea / coffee / chocolate set for E. Offner of New Orleans LA. Features a hand painted pink, turquoise and gild...

"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...

This antique tankard was made around the turn of the century in France. Features beautiful hand painted grapes over a earthy green color. The upper lip...

Antique 19th century Staffordshire porcelain figurine featuring a small girl with a yellow bird on her shoulder, seated on an oversized red and white King Charles Spaniel, mounted on...

Pair of antique 19th century Staffordshire porcelain figurines in the shape of King Charles Spaniels with chain leashes. Measure: 7".  

This outstanding set of Limoges porcelain cabinet plates was made and decorated by the Charles Ahrenfeldt porcelain factory and studio in Limoges, France....

French Limoges 76 pieces dinner service by Ahrenfeldt for Joseph Soret.

Rare petite antique French "Charles Filed Haviland" Limoges porcelain oyster plate, circa 1890s. Unusual size and in striking colors of deep golds, violet & umber. .

Limoges porcelain pillow vase the perfect answer to decorating a narrow space, such as mantel place. Hand-painted floral and Cacti decoration. The handles...

Lot of 17pc Chinese Export Porcelain Dinnerware Circa 1800 Measures - Larger plate 7.5"diam x 1"h

A French Antique Limoges Hand Painted Porcelain Floral Plaque France, Circa 1900 Marked on back: D & C France d Dimensions: Width: 14.75", Heig...