Vintage French Cobalt Blue Royal Limoges Gold Trinket or Jewelry Box

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Vintage French Cobalt Blue Royal Limoges Gold Trinket or Jewelry Box

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A fine cobalt blue and gold Limoges porcelain hand crafted and hand painted gold trimmed trinket, jewelry box or candy dish. Bears the well-known Limoges mark. Measures: 4 7/8" x 4 7/8" x 2 1/2" high Very good antique condition, no cracks or chips. Limoges porcelain is hard-paste porcelain produced by factories in and around the city of Limoges, France, beginning in the late 18th century, by any manufacturer. By about 1830, Limoges, which was close to the areas where suitable clay was found, had replaced Paris as the main centre for private porcelain factories, although the state-owned Sèvres porcelain near Paris remained dominant at the very top of the market. Limoges has maintained this position to the present day. History: Limoges had strong antecedents in the production of decorative objects. The city was the most famous European centre of vitreous enamel production in the 12th century, and Limoges enamel was known as Opus de Limogia or Labor Limogiae. Limoges had also been the site of a minor industry producing plain faience earthenware since the 1730s. Biscuit porcelain centerpiece for the Exposition Universelle of 1855, Pouyat factory. The manufacturing of hard-paste porcelain at Limoges was established by Turgot in 1771 following the discovery of local supplies of kaolin and a material similar 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 produce hard-paste porcelain similar to Chinese porcelain. A 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, apparently with the idea of producing hard-paste bodies for decoration at Sèvres, although this never happened. After the French Revolution a number of private factories were established at Limoges, including Bernardaud, Haviland & Co. and Royal Limoges. Present day: Limoges maintains the position it established in the 19th century as the premier manufacturing city of porcelain in France.

Creator:
Limoges (Manufacturer)
Dimensions:
Height: 2.5 in (6.35 cm)Width: 4.88 in (12.4 cm)Depth: 4.88 in (12.4 cm)
Style:
Louis XVI (In the Style Of)
Materials and Techniques:
Porcelain,Hand-Painted
Place of Origin:
France
Period:
Mid-20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
Mid-20th Century
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. Minor signs of age appropriate wear. No cracks or chips.
Seller Location:
Miami, FL
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU4082131549362