Florance Limoges Hand Painted Gold Trim Trinket Box

Description: Vintage Cobalt Blue Royal Limoges France Trinket Box(Please message me if you would like more pictures.)Elegant vintage round Limoges 22-karat gold trinket jewelry box. French vintage Limoges trinket box in cobalt royal blue with fine gold decor. Marked on base as "Porcelaine Florence Limoges fabriquée et décorée en la cité de Limoges. Made in France. Garanti or Vertitable” Hand-made porcelain in Limoges France. Round shape, porcelain, hand painted and decorated. Limoges Porcelain: Limoges porcelain designates hard-paste porcelain produced by factories near the city of Limoges, France beginning in the late 18th century, but does not refer to a particular manufacturer. 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. 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 and Haviland & Co. About MeBack in the days before cell phones, Netflix, or even VCRs, my dad had a little consignment shop in New England. As a kid, I always looked forward to going to the shop to see the new items that arrived each week. The store was full of items from unique customers, who shared their unique items, often accompanied by beautiful stories.My dad retired years ago and the contents of the shop were packed up and put in the attic. During the pandemic lockdown, I found time to start unpacking these little surprise boxes and was immediately taken back to that small town consignment shop.As I unpack each box, I also release flood of pleasant memories…of friends and neighbors and a of slower time. Many of the items still contain the original tags written by my Aunt Helen…I still have a hard time deciphering her chicken scratch!I’m looking forward to bring these treasures back out for the world to enjoy!

Price: 99.99 USD

Location: White Plains, New York

End Time: 2024-11-23T19:13:36.000Z

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