LIMOGES - THARAUD Camille (1878-1956)

I have seen varieties styles of Camille THARAUD’s Marque, but this is a new one for me.

Is this his signature? If so, it must be a very early one.

Please help: I will reveal more if I buy the item.



Typically I am aware of the following:







I have just found this one, and think it goes a long way to confirming that it is. Just need to explain where the face comes from:

 

Assuming you would not use Jesus for a trademark, think you're looking for a St. Somebody. Name of factory or location?

 

Bronwen you're fantastic. I confess I didn't catch on at first, and then I went back to what little I have gleaned about him.

"at the age of 36, he [Camille Tharaud] was seriously injured in the head. Evacuated to Paris, he obtained convalescence leave which he spent in Limoges. It was at this time that he had the opportunity to work with porcelain1.

"... January 29, 1920, this factory founded in 1854 but abandoned for 35 years, located rue du Calvaire...

"His first research directed towards colored pastes, started in 1915 during his convalescence, would lead him to decoration by colored enamels. Instead of coloring a thin layer of paste or painting on an already hardened enamel, Camille Tharaud succeeded in coloring the enamel in its thickness".

And that is where the Jesus Christ logo comes from. Surviving the Great War, his recovery from his head wounds, his development of coloured thick enamels, his undoubted Catholic upbringing, and finally the address of the factory where made his discovery, rue du Calvaire.

I think this is his first Trade Marque. And I wouldn't have got there if you hadn't mentioned Jesus. Being a Jewish atheist my mind didn't give it a though that the ring was a halo.

So, Bronwen, thank you very much. I don't know if anybody else will agree; but it justifies me spending money on the object as being the fruits of his labour.

 

Glad my speculation put you on a productive path. And shows me one just might use Jesus as a trademark.

Not a great photo, but this ceramic cameo of Isis, made into a brooch, is also by Tharaud. The back has an impressed mark of the T inside the C, with 'Limoges' beneath it.

 

In the book 'Distinctive Limoges Porcelain' by Waterbrooke-Clyde your mark is shown on page 241. I've never seen your mark associated with Camille Tharaud.

 

Spoil Sport.
Thomas "Who"? "Who" Thomas?

It isn't "Thomas" Germany, nor "Brother Thomas Bezanson" of the Benedictine Monk Studio Pottery. It isn't Emmanuel Thomas either.