LES LAPINS ET LE SERPOLET (RABBITS AND THYME) PORCELAINE D'AUTEUIL LIMOGES FRANCE CHAMBORD SERIES PLATES

PORCELAINE D'AUTEUIL PARIS FRANCE CHAMBORD SERIES LES LAPINS ET LE SERPOLET (RABBITS AND THYME) COLLECTABLE PLATES.
 
DISCONTINUED CHAMBORD SERIES: Each plate is decorated with a transferware image of a animal or bird set in a laurel leaf from the Chambord pattern that is handpainted. Each plate has the name of the animal on the rim in French in antique-style lettering.
 
MARKS:
GREEN STAMP: LIMOGES FRANCE
GREY STAMP: PORCELAINE PARIS FRANCE DAUTEUIL with Arc De Triumph as Symbol
LES LAPINS ET LE SERPOLET WHICH IS FRENCH MEANING RABBITS AND THYME
 
LIMOGES PORCELAIN:
Limoges Porcelain does not come from a single factory or maker but instead comes from the area around Limoges in France. This means that while Limoges is always marked, the marks differ depending on the factory where they were made and the artists that have painted them.
Generally Limoges porcelain will carry the insignia Limoges France showing that the piece was indeed made in the area surrounding the city of Limoges. Most will have the mark Peint a la Main which means the item is hand-painted. Many will also carry the factory insignia and/or brand insignia as well as the initials of the studio or artist.
 
A Brief History of Limoges Porcelain
Limoges quickly became a famous area for porcelain production when Kaolin clay was found in the area in 1771, enabling the French to make hard-paste porcelain that was comparable to the porcelain being made in China. Prior to this point porcelain made in France was predominantly soft-paste porcelain, made with different minerals and fired at lower temperatures.
The first factory to be set up in Limoges was bought by the King of France, King Louis the 16th, commissioning this hard, lustrous, white porcelain to be decorated at the Royal porcelain factory just outside Paris. Thus some of the first Limoges porcelain had the royal crest rather than being marked as Limoges.
Soon other private factories were set up in Limoges and it wasnt long before Limoges overtook Paris as the center of private porcelain production in France. Limoges porcelain was particularly popular with the French aristocracy.
IN 1841 A LAW WAS PASSED STATING THAT ALL LIMOGES PORCELAIN MUST BE STAMPED TO SAY THAT IT WAS MADE IN LIMOGES, FRANCE. THIS MARK WAS OFTEN ALONGSIDE A FACTORY MARK SHOWING WHERE THE PIECE WAS MADE.
 
DAUTEUIL PORCELAIN PARIS FRANCE:
Porcelaine D'Auteuil was a maker of high quality porcelain houseware items. Their pieces are not that common and quite sought after.
ALL THE ITEMS FOUND ONLINE WAS MADE IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AND IS NOW DISCONTINUED
 
SIZE:
LARGE PLATE 23,8CM DIAMETER
SMALL PLATE 18,7CM DIAMETER
 
CONDITION: NO CHIPS. NO CRACKS. IN VERY GOOD CONDITION.
 
PLEASE ALSO ALSO SEE MY OTHER ITEMS LISTED. I HAVE VARIOUS OTHER PORCELAIN ITEMS ON AUCTION THIS WEEK INCLUDING SOME ANTIQUE GENTLEMANS MOUSTACHE TEACUPS AND SAUCERS, A FEW PARAGON THE BRIDES CHOICE CUPS AND SAUCERS, SOME MORE OLD DAUTEUIL. FRANCE LOMOGES ANIMAL PLATES, BEAUTIFUL DECORATED ARTIBUS PORTUGAL SOUP BOWLS. FINALLY I HAVE TWO 150 YEAR OLD KPM GERMANY LOBSTER BOWLS ON AUCTION. PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AND HAPPY BIDDING!
 
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