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<p>[QUOTE="Mill Cove Treasures, post: 136753, member: 60"]I found this link about the company, however, it is only discussing Limoges boxes and they say they never use stencils. So it looks like they are the importer and not the decorator.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.chamartlimoges.com/history.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.chamartlimoges.com/history.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.chamartlimoges.com/history.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Are they talking about boxes with this statement, if not, that is a bit of stretch.</p><p><br /></p><p>"Chamart was the brainchild of founder, Charles Martine. The name ‘Chamart’ is a contraction, a combination of Martine’s given name and surname. Creating the company in the early 1950s, Martine was the first to bring a variety of French porcelains to the United States. In 1965, he introduced the Limoges Box to the American market,"[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mill Cove Treasures, post: 136753, member: 60"]I found this link about the company, however, it is only discussing Limoges boxes and they say they never use stencils. So it looks like they are the importer and not the decorator. [URL]http://www.chamartlimoges.com/history.html[/URL] Are they talking about boxes with this statement, if not, that is a bit of stretch. "Chamart was the brainchild of founder, Charles Martine. The name ‘Chamart’ is a contraction, a combination of Martine’s given name and surname. Creating the company in the early 1950s, Martine was the first to bring a variety of French porcelains to the United States. In 1965, he introduced the Limoges Box to the American market,"[/QUOTE]
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