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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dgbjwc, post: 4423989, member: 308&quot;]That&#039;s a tricky question to answer. Some studio pottery companies like Pickard did decorate and fire again. So you could find a Limoges blank that has been cold-painted by a hobbyist, but if Pickard used the same blank then you may find it decorated and fired again. The Pickard decoration would look more professionally done. It all depends (as everlby30 noted) if the person doing the decorating had access to a kiln. The vast majority of hobbyists did not. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is also possible that a Limoges factory would create a blank, decorate some in-house, and then the export the remaining whiteware to the US for the hobbyist trade. </p><p><br /></p><p>Other Limoges companies only produced whiteware, some of which was sold to other Limoges companies which did the actual decorating. These pieces usually, but not always, are double marked. Once by the company that produced the whiteware and once by the decorating company. </p><p><br /></p><p>Hope I have confused the issue unnecessarily.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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