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Catalog Number |
1976.1.4957.1 |
Object Name |
Platter |
Date |
1900s early |
Artist/Author/Creator |
Wm. Guerin & Co Limoges France |
Description |
This is an oval platter made in Limoges, France by Wm. Guerin & Co. There are 12 matching small plates. Each piece has an 8 scallop rim with a 1/4" gold border. Inside the border is a wide border of hand-painted fish swimming in green and white water and waves. Violet seaweed drips into the white center. Each piece is slightly different. All are hand signed on the front: L. RABY. Limoges has become the generic name of hard paste porcelain that was produced during the 18th, 19th and into the 20th century in one of the many factories in Limoges, a French town situated about 250 miles southwest of Paris in the Vienne valley. Each factory used a unique factory back stamp or underglaze mark. Each piece of Limoges was produced using the same formula of feldspar, kaolin and quartz. Each piece was subjected to the same intense firing process of about 900 degrees for 16 hours, followed by the glazing process, and yet another firing at approximately 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit for eight more hours. The Wm Guerin factory operated, through several acquisitions from the 1870's to 1932. The makers mark on these pieces signifies that the pieces were decorated at the factory between 1900 and 1932. Many pieces were sent undecorated to both professionals and hobbyists and only had the green underglaze mark. |
Maker's Information |
Green underglaze mark: LIMOGES / W.G.& Co. [in brackets] / FRANCE. Blue overglaze mark: WmGUERIN & Co. / Limoges / FRANCE |
Materials |
Porcelain/Paint |
Condition |
Good |
Search Terms |
Platter Serving Platter Servingware Dinnerware Dining China Fish Wm. Guerin & Co. Limoges |
Catalog Sub-category |
Food Service T&E |