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LRL Limoges Porcelain Hand-Painted Fish Service (13 pcs)

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Item: 13pc Hand Painted Fish Service

Make:
  • Blank (Coiffe & Cie)
  • Decoration (Lazeyras, Rosenfeld, & Lehman in Limoges, France)
Age: Early 20th Century (Prior to 1920)

Construction: Porcelain

Dimensions: Platter (2 1/4" Tall x 24" Long x 10 1/2" Wide), Plates (9 5/8"Diameter)

Condition:  Excellent pre-owned antique condition. No chips, cracks, or crazing. Some minor paint wear on plates. Please see photos. 

Details: Fish service comprised of a large platter and 12 plates. Are are modified coupe shapes with gently ribbed and scalloped rims. Platter and each plate are hand-painted and signed by artist De Nerval. Each piece depicts a pair of fish, each one different, and a floral motif, primarily water lilies and orchids on a background of umber and peach with touches of pale blue.  A heavy hand-painted gold trim (1/2-3/4" wide) follows the curved scallops on the edges.  White porcelain exterior is stamped on the bottom with Coiffe & Cie's green star mark with "LIMOGES" and "FRANCE" above and below the underglaze. Stamped overglaze with L.R.L.'s dull green mark, circa 1920.

Coiffe & Cie was a porcelain factory producing blanks, or unpainted white porcelain pieces, to be decorated by other Limoges concerns.  Lazeyras, Rosenfeld & Lehman was one of these decorating companies.