18 October 2014

The "Limoges Unique" mark



The "Limoges Unique" mark was created in 1929 by the union of the Limoges 
porcelain manufacturers as a label to certify genuine Limoges porcelain.
It was used for a short period along with the factory mark and the decorating studio mark.


List of the manufacturers and decorating studios that used this mark along 
with their own mark from 1929 onwards: 


in "Histoire de la Porcelaine de Limoges" René Dessagne 


A.F - André François (1919-1934)


A. Lanternier & co (1887-1978)

A. Pillivuyt & Fils (1914-1937)
Balleroy & Cie (1908-1937)
L. Bernardaud & Cie
C.F. & P. -  Chabrol Frères & Poirier 

M. Maigner & Cie (1925-1931)

Porcelaines Elté - Léon Texeraud (1923-1930)
Robert Haviland Le Tanneur (1926-1941)   
T.L.B.- Touze, Lemaître Frères & Blancher (1918- 1939)
Union Porcelainière (1928-1963) 





   

Limoges porcelain at the 1925 Paris Exhibition of Decorative Arts

Limoges Pavilion by the architect Pierre Chabrol
in "La Vie Limousine" - August 1925
Inside view of the Limoges region pavilion - ceramics room
in "La Vie Limousine" - August 1925
in "La Vie Limousine" -  August 1925
Manufacturer: Porcelaine Limousine (P.L.)
pattern by René Crevel, interior designer and painter (1892-1971)
shape by Pierre Chabrol (1881-1967)
in "La Vie Limousine" -  August 1925

11 October 2014

MG Limoges - Mavaleix & Granger (1920-1938)

In 1920 Paul Maurice de Malaveix, who exploited the factory with other partners between 1900 and 1914, associated with J. Granger but did not resisted war injuries and died the same year. Granger took charge of the company in association with his inheritors. By 1926 the factory employed 160 workers. He died in 1938 and the factory was closed.