H&Co Limoges Haviland Flared Cup & Saucer Laural Leaf & Blue Garlands 1889-1896
DESCRIPTION: A beautiful, classic H & Co. (Haviland & Co.) set of a cup & deep saucer with a beautiful elongated blue garland. There is stippled gold paint on the embossed ribbon handle of the cup that turns into solid gold paint on the embossed ends of the ribbon. The rim and the foot of the flat, flared demitasse cup is not trimmed with gold, but are embossed. The shape of the handle with the unique gold trim is most eye catching. The color palette used is blue, green and yellow on white with gold. The saucer is of the older style, deep resembling a shallow bowl that has a well with a medallion in the center of both the bottom of the cup and saucer. The loops of the hand painted garland vary in size to make the garlands fit the circumference of the cup and saucer.
CONDITION: While this cup & saucer set is classified as used, the condition is superb. We can find no chips, nicks, rubbings, scratches, cracks, hairlines, or repairs. There appears to be no wear to the gold and no wear to the colors and no crazing. Look in the photos to see this. The set is beautiful.
DIMENSIONS: The deep saucer has a diameter of 4 3/4" and a height of 3/4". The cup has a diameter of 3 3/16" and a height of 1 11/16" with a capacity of 4 ounces.
HISTORY/MARKS: The
American-born David Haviland settled in Limoges, France in 1842
operating a porcelain exporting business to the USA. He purchased white
ware from various factories and shipped it to his New York decorating
studio. In 1847, he established a decorating studio in Limoges. He
started producing porcelain in Limoges in 1865 and decorating it on
site. His sons, Charles Edward and Theodore, continued the prosperous
business after David’s death in 1879. Theodore left to establish his
own firm in 1892. Charles Edward continued Haviland & Co. until his
death in 1921. It bankrupt under his son’s leadership in 1930 and the
molds were sold in 1931. In 1941, Theodore’s son, William, was able to
obtain the rights to the old Haviland & Co. marks and molds and the
company was reorganized as Haviland & Co. William retired in 1957
and the company was carried on by his sons. When the sons retired in
1972, management of the company was turned over to the Cerabati Group
under the name of Haviland SA. The company remains in business today. The underglaze mark (in green) on these is mark #11 (Mary Frank Gaston’s Collector’s Encyclopedia of Limoges Porcelain,
3rd edition) which was used from 1888-1896. There is also the red decorator’s mark for Arthur Kaye of Louisville, Ky. This seems to date this to the 1889-1896 time period.
Please view all pictures carefully as they are part of the description. The stand was used as a photo prop and is not part of this listing.
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This is ready to use or display with pride in your home.
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