Limoges Marks
One can often find pieces of porcelain with markings indicating the 'Limoges' name, but is it the real thing? Real Limoges porcelain was manufactured in a city in central France called Limoges. If you have found an item that looks really good, and authentic to boot, you need to check if it is indeed authentic.
The things you need to know, in order to verify authenticity and value are place of manufacture and approximately when it was made. Both of these snippets of information are normally found in the Limoges Marks stamped on the underside of ornaments and utensils made from this kind porcelain
On the bottom of your 'Limoges' item, you might see an impression, or mark AE, indicating that the piece was made between 1797 and 1868 in the Allund factory at Limoges. Ownership of the company changed hands and between 1868 and 1898, diffferent marks were stamped on the pottery bases - CH Field Haviland, Limoges - CHF/GDM and CHF. In fact, the Haviland family built several porcelain factories and started to stamp their items with various marks after 1898 - Theodore Haviland, Limoges, France - Porcelaine - H & CO/Depose - GDA and H & CO/L.
If you see a mark in green or red, then this signifies that an American company was making this porcelain in the Limoges region of France. Bawo and Dotter company from New York founded the 'Elite France' mark for their pottery from Limoges, and also later on, 'Elite Works France'. The color of the mark indicates the approximate year of manufacture, red for those made between 1900 and 1914, and green for pieces made between 1920 and 1932. The correct use and identification of the Limoges marks is a great help to collectors.
Of course, smaller companies made porcelain of similar quality in the Limoges region, and simply use the company name as their mark. Amongst these marks you might find M. Redon (1853), A. Lanternier (1885, and C. Ahrenfeldt (1886). If you find a piece with the marking 'France C.A. Depose', that is also a mark sometimes used by C. Ahrenfeldt.
Check the marks with a magnifying glass and look for other clues of authenticity, as some makers used symbols and small pictograms within their marks. A star with the words ' Limoges France ' wrapped around it denotes the work of the Latrille Freres factory. Some Limoges marks are quirky, for example, a butterfly above the letters 'RL/L', indicates the work of R.Laporte. A bird with a ribbon in it's mouth betrays the work of Martin Frere's factory.
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James Johnson
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