I have this pretty handpainted ladies inkwell. The painting is very nice, delicate and quite professional. Too bad the artist didn't sign it...
My guess is the blank is Limoges or some such. There's no makers mark on the back - just the handpainted notation: New England China Shop, 168 Tremont St., Boston.
There's nothing on Google about the shop.
I was hoping one of our resident porcelain experts could point me in the right direction as far as identifying the blank.
posted on September 13, 2003 03:45:08 PM new
Sure looks like Limoges to me, but impossible to tell for sure.
This coming week I'm going to be selling 8 big monthly journals from the early 1900s with all sorts of china-painting patterns in them. I could swear I've seen yours there somewhere.
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posted on September 13, 2003 04:34:17 PM new
if it were a piece of porcelain made in limoge ,it would be marked as handpainted in limoge,france(in french often).
it is now against intl law to refer to any handpainted porcelain piece as limoge unless it is made in limoge,france.
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posted on September 13, 2003 05:06:02 PM new
My guess is this was handpainted by someone for the china shop in Boston.
This kind of painting was very popular at one time and blanks from different makers were used. Of course it's not Limoges, it would be marked if it were. It is, though, in the style of that time period.
posted on September 13, 2003 07:57:30 PM new
If anyone's interested in seeing the china-painting journals when the auctions launch tomorrow night, I'll be glad to let you know. Just tell me who you are.
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posted on September 14, 2003 11:26:01 PM new
Here's a link to one of the eight old journals (called Keramic Studio), and you can see the others by viewing my other auctions. Some of the pictures are a bit murky, but I already have bids on several of them, which just started tonight.
When I get bored with this I am gone for awhile.