My Limoges porcelain “tête-à-tête”

This is a “tête-à-tête” coffee set, and consisting of five pieces; one coffee pot, one creamer, two saucers and serving tray, each one finely hand painted with applied leaves and grains of coffee. This lovely little set was manufactured by William Guerin and Co., Limoges, France and designed exclusively to Gath & Chaves, Buenos Aires, [...]

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My Limoges porcelain & ormolu centerpiece

This is a very pretty Limoges porcelain centerpiece with floral décor and gilded. It stands on an ormolu (1) pedestal with two dolphins (2).
(1) A gilded metal alloy of copper, zinc, and tin used in France since the 17th Century for candelabra, clocks, and other decorative luxury objects, and for mounting elaborate furniture. It was [...]

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My antique Limoges inkwell

Absolutely beautiful hand painted porcelain gilt bronze-mounted inkwell. Double ink pots, pen holder, beautifully painted flowers and trimmed in gold. Marked Limoges, France.

Limoges Mark

Another examples of Limoges inkwells

LIMOGES INK WELL GIVEN BY PRINCESS DIANA AS A GIFT

This Limoges ink well with feather quill was given by Princess Diana as a Christmas gift to one of [...]

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My two french Limoges plates

This ornate Pair of French porcelain plates is decorated with delicate hand painted floral bouquets on a white background framed in gilt scrollwork.
Signed: J.Roux and J.Ripat

The Limoges Porcelain
Limoges porcelain designates hard-paste porcelain produced by factories round the city of Limoges, France from the late 1700s until around 1930.
The manufacturing of [...]

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