Limoges Gallery

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An official uses a device to test for mechanical doping prior to the start of the 237, 5 km fourth stage of the 103rd edition of the Tour de France cycling race on July 5, 2016 between Saumur and Limoges.
The new magnetic tablet testing device used in professional cycling since January can "detect any form" of mechanical doping, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) said on May 3, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / jeff pachoud

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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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Allegory of Charles IX as Mars

Allegory of Charles IX as Mars; Leonard Limosin, French, about 1505 - 1575/1577; Limoges, France, Europe; 1573; Polychrome enamel with painted gold highlights on copper and silver; Object [without modern frame]: 16.8 x 22.9 cm (6 5/8 x 9 in.)

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1505, 1573, 1575 1577, Allegory, Charles Ix, Copper, Enamel, Europe, France, French, Gold, Highlights, Le Onard, Le Onard Limosin, Leonard, Léonard Limosin, Limoges, Limosin, Mars, Painted, Polychrome, Silver