Limoges Gallery

Porcelain coffee set, mid-late 18th century, (1903). Creator: Unknown

Porcelain coffee set, mid-late 18th century, (1903). 'Service A Cafe En Porcelaine De Loosdrecht (M.O.L.)'. Coffee pot, sugar bowl and plate stamped with the mark M.O.L. which stand for Manufactuur Oud-Loosdrecht, ceramics works in Oud-Loosdrecht, Holland. The coffee service is in the Musee Ceramique de Limoges, France. From "La Revue De L'Art - Ancien et Moderne" - Volume XXIV, July-December 1908, [Paris, 1908]

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The Valence Casket, c1305-1312, (1881). Creator: W Harbutt

The Valence Casket, c1305-1312, (1881). Etching of an engraved copper casket with gold and champleve enamel, made in the early 14th century, possibly in England, or in Limoges, France. The piece was probably made for a member of the Valence family, and the decoration incorporates six shields; the Royal arms of England, and those of five leading familes, all related: Valence (Earls of Pembroke), Brittany (Dreux), Angouleme, Brabant and Lacy (Earls of Lincoln). From "The South Kensington Museum", a book of engraved illustrations, with descriptions, of the works of art in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (formerly known as the South Kensington Museum). [Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881]

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