How do you identify French Limoges porcelain marks?

How do you identify French Limoges porcelain marks?

While you can bring your piece to an antiques appraiser for verification, the first step in identifying it is to look at the marks on the bottom or back of the piece. If you can find a Limoges china mark, this is a good sign that you may own one of these valuable antiques.

What does CFH GDM France mean?

Gerard, Dufraesseix & Morel
The mark on the back is CFH over GDM. The plate measures 9 inches. A: Your plate was made in Limoges, France, by Charles Field Haviland. The GDM stands for Gerard, Dufraesseix & Morel, a company taken over by Haviland. Your plate is from the late 1800s.

What is Limoges porcelain made of?

The first being the essential ingredients used in creating Limoges porcelain are all local natural ingredients, kaolin, feldspar & quartz. Then the intense firing process that forms the superb glaze that cannot be penetrated by the elements and gives Limoges porcelain that exquisite translucence.

Are Limoges porcelain boxes worth anything?

Antiques collectors have known for a very long time that Limoges is the definition of quality porcelain. Serious collectors know that Limoges specialise in trinket boxes and that those little boxes are worth more than almost anything that could fit inside them.

What is the Musee de Limoges?

It’s no wonder that with all of this creative talent behind the name, Limoges spawned its own museum, Musee de Limoges, in 1845. The museum features some 11,000 pieces, though not all porcelain.

What happened to Limoges?

By the late 1850s, sales in the United States accounted for around half of the antique Limoges porcelain being manufactured in the city. Given the extent to which Limoges now depended on the United States for its sales, it naturally suffered a major blow during the Civil War when exports to the United States were curtailed, then halted entirely.