Vintage Haviland Limoges Hand-Painted Roses Gilded Cup & Scalloped Edge Saucer

Vintage Haviland Limoges Hand-Painted Roses Gilded Cup & Scalloped Edge Saucer. Sold "As Is"—sourced from an estate sale. It has not been cleaned or repaired; wear is consistent with vintage and is considered in very good condition with no visible chips or cracks. Please refer to the photos for the item's condition.

Limoges porcelain refers to hard-paste porcelain produced by factories near Limoges, France, beginning in the late 18th century. It does not refer to a particular manufacturer. Limoges has strong antecedents in the production of decorative objects. In the 12th century, the city was the most famous European center of vitreous enamel production, 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, 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. Louis XVI later purchased it in 1784, apparently with the idea of producing hard-paste bodies for decoration at Sèvres, although this never happened. After the French Revolution, several private factories were established in Limoges, including Bernardaud and Haviland & Co.