Limoges Marking - please help identify

[shellyraesetc1]

Hi - I have a cobalt tea set that only has LIMOGES marking on bottom.  I can't find anything on the manufacturer.  Can you please help?  Thank you!

[lemarcheaupuces]

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@shellyraesetc1 wrote:

Hi - I have a cobalt tea set that only has LIMOGES marking on bottom.  I can't find anything on the manufacturer.  Can you please help?  Thank you!

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Limoges France...

[md1919]

would not be surprized if this was a modern imitation limoges piece. 

[divwido · Accepted solution]

I"m sorry, but I'm pretty sure that's a fake.

Limoges doesn't have a mark like that.  You can check http://infofaience.com but I can almost guarentee that's a fake.  Likely from China.

[shellyraesetc1]

Thanks for the info!  I was thinking it probably was fake too because I could not find anything.  I appreciate your reply:) 

[shellyraesetc1]

Thank you for your reply - I'm sure you are probably right! 

[lemarcheaupuces]

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@md1919 wrote:

would not be surprized if this was a modern imitation limoges piece. 

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could be...

i don't really see the reason to reproduce it but who knows?

they made too much of it, still being made, most has little value.

(did say most).

i always do good with Limoges pill boxes.

i have seen this mark many times.

never questioned the authenticity.

just assumed it was newer Limoges and poorly made.

is there a company called American Limoges,

could it be their's?

[janetpjohn_la]

There was a company called American Limoges, but this is not their mark. This is modern.
Janet

[freeshipusa1]

Limoge is a place in FRance,where there is volcano,and the soil is enrichedby the past eruption,hence limoge porcelain has a fine quality.

Those limoge pill boxes are stamped and signed,artist initial and limoge,france,

but the Chinese start making them and stamped Limoge,China,there is no place in China called Limoge.

The French went to intl court and won the case,anything which said limoge must be from Limoge,France,they actually have inspectors going around trade shows examining those items stamped limoge.

it is okay to say porcelain hinged box made in britain,Thailand,China,Japan,but just dont call them limoge.     

[janetpjohn_la]

Actually, labeling them Limoge would be a dead giveaway, since the region is Limoges, with an "s".
Janet

[lemarcheaupuces]

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@freeshipusa1 wrote:

Limoge is a place in FRance,where there is volcano,and the soil is enrichedby the past eruption,hence limoge porcelain has a fine quality.

Those limoge pill boxes are stamped and signed,artist initial and limoge,france,

but the Chinese start making them and stamped Limoge,China,there is no place in China called Limoge.

The French went to intl court and won the case,anything which said limoge must be from Limoge,France,they actually have inspectors going around trade shows examining those items stamped limoge.

it is okay to say porcelain hinged box made in britain,Thailand,China,Japan,but just dont call them limoge.     

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and did the same to pretty much everything else, not just Limoges;

Champagne, Cognac, Armagnac and the list goes on...