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<p>[QUOTE="bercrystal, post: 365889, member: 88"]As Susan said above, Limoges is a city in France. To be truly labeled as Limoges it has to have been made at the very least in the area surrounding the city if not in the city itself.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoges_porcelain" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoges_porcelain" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoges_porcelain</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Also true Limoges porcelain is very finely done & often is hand painted. I will bet this is a transfer design with possibly some hand painted accents.</p><p><br /></p><p>While it was used by companies in & around Limoges it was a very popular design from the 40's into the 60's. All manner of companies used this type of "courting couple" design & there are a multitude of different ones out there. Check out the number of listings & the different categories listed right now on ebay.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p3984.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xcourting+couples+.TRS0&_nkw=courting+couples+&_sacat=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p3984.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xcourting+couples+.TRS0&_nkw=courting+couples+&_sacat=0" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p3984.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xcourting+couples+.TRS0&_nkw=courting+couples+&_sacat=0</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bercrystal, post: 365889, member: 88"]As Susan said above, Limoges is a city in France. To be truly labeled as Limoges it has to have been made at the very least in the area surrounding the city if not in the city itself. [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoges_porcelain[/URL] Also true Limoges porcelain is very finely done & often is hand painted. I will bet this is a transfer design with possibly some hand painted accents. While it was used by companies in & around Limoges it was a very popular design from the 40's into the 60's. All manner of companies used this type of "courting couple" design & there are a multitude of different ones out there. Check out the number of listings & the different categories listed right now on ebay. [URL]https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p3984.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xcourting+couples+.TRS0&_nkw=courting+couples+&_sacat=0[/URL][/QUOTE]
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