Vintage Limoges Serving Platter

A lovely white porcelain Limoges serving platter. The platter’s unadorned elegant design makes it perfect for blending in with either the most modest of meals or fanciest of dinner parties, and is a must have for any well-dressed table.

The history of Limoges china began in the late 1700s when kaolin, a pale-colored clay that looks almost white and known as China clay, was found at St. Yreix-la-Perche, near the city of Limoges, France. The discovery of the kaolin in France meant French manufacturers could produce the fine white porcelain similar to the fine porcelain of China. The first Limoges porcelain factory was established by brothers Massié and Fourneira Grellet, in 1771. It was so successful that the King of France purchase the plant in 1784 to exclusively make white porcelain to be decorated at the royal porcelain factory outside of Paris. By the early 1800s many private factories began producing the porcelain. Although the majority of the Limoges factories were founded by French ceramists, it was an American, David Haviland, who built a factory in Limoges in 1842, that would become the most famous of all Limoges brands, thus making Limoges an international household name.

• Found in Saint-Remy-du-Nord, France

• Bears the “Porcelaine de Limoges France” makers mark on the underside

• Platter has little-to-no crazing and bears a few minor scratches

• Platter is food safe

• Measures approximately 16 1/4” L x 11” W x 1 1/8” D

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