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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KylieS, post: 9491614, member: 22292&quot;]Hi all! Bought this jolly bowl today, as a (very inexpensive) learning piece. It caught my eye because of the pretty colour palette and nice size. It&#039;s hand painted, but I wouldn&#039;t say highest quality. Heavier than I expected, but then it is one of the largest porcelain pieces I&#039;ve had so not sure the thickness they use to fabricate larger wares.</p><p><br /></p><p>The thing that intrigued me was the lady telling me it was unmarked Limoges from WWII - &quot;The Germans were taking everything valuable so they stopped marking some Limoges to stop it being stolen&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well. I am quite used to apocryphal stories from sellers looking to offload thier wares, but that was a new one for me! I think she believed it herself (possibly was told that when she bought it) but I haven&#039;t been been able to find any such thing searching online. Thought I would ask the experts here for your take!</p><p><br /></p><p>And also, if not Limoges, what kind of origin / age would you say is likely for this bowl? It is unmarked except for two strokes on the underside, but not sure if this is a mark or not. I am certainly no porcelain expert so really don&#039;t know what I&#039;m looking at.</p><p><br /></p><p>Would love to hear your thoughts!</p><p><br /></p><p>PS - edited to mention I bought this in France, 1.5hrs south of Limoges</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]446396[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]446397[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]446398[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]446399[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]446400[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]446401[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]446402[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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