Limoges Hand Painted Porcelain Plate, France, C. 1910

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Stunningly beautiful Limoges hand painted porcelain decorative plate with a rococo-style scalloped edge created between 1906 and 1920. It is … Read more Stunningly beautiful Limoges hand painted porcelain decorative plate with a rococo-style scalloped edge created between 1906 and 1920. It is decorated with a border wreath of pink roses on a soft pale green painted ground with a tiny rosebud in the center. The stems are in raised gold and gold and dark green highlights the scalloped edge. Raised white enamel embellishes the pink roses. Marks: two marks tell the story of this plate’s creation. The small green “France” star is the mark of the manufacturer of the porcelain blanks-Coiffe and the green “Limoges, France” crown is the mark of Coronet. For more information on Coronet see below. ,Dimensions are 8” diameter. Condition is excellent with the exception of a small chip under the edge that cannot be seen from the front.

The Coronet crown is the mark of importer George Borgfelt (1833-1903.) The company was located in New York City and imported a variety of household goods throughout the late 19th and most of the 20th century. For plates they used porcelain blanks from Limoges, France and then had them hand painted also in France and sometimes in Germany. The company went on to be successful after his death and were the primary importers of German dolls such as Kewpie dolls and later Disney toys. See less