DESCRIPTION: This superb quality china has colors that are bright & realistic. This was hand painted on a blank of fine white china. The whimsical design has both solid and stippled gold. The colors used on the carnation sprays are orange, yellow, purple, pink, and green on the white porcelain. The chocolate pot has embossing and scalloping making it very pretty. The decorative chocolate pot is beautiful and could be used for a variety of purposes. Being from the early 1890's, this is a great example of the porcelain of that era. Inspect the photos carefully. Note the very minor wear to the gold on the sides of the handle. This chocolate pot was lovingly used for many years. We were very fortunate to find a large collection of this pattern, #6326, that is in superb condition. This is so unusual and we will have all of it listed in our eBay store. Note that some of the items were manufactured by Coiffe & decorated by T&V while others were manufactured and decorated by T&V.
CONDITION: While this chocolate pot is classified as used, the condition is superb. The gold on the the handle does show very minor wear to the sides of the handle. We find no nicks, chips, scratches, cracks, hairlines, or repairs. There appears to be no crazing. Study the photos to see this. The gold and paint are beautiful.
DIMENSIONS: The chocolate pot handle to spout measures 7" with a maximum diameter of 5 1/4" and a height to the top of the rim of 8 1/4". The height to the top of the lid is 9 3/8". The base is a rounded square of 4". It has a capacity of 48 ounces.
HISTORY/MARKS: Begun in the 1850's, Vogt & Dose became Tressemann & Vogt when Emillien Tressemann joined the company in 1882. This was essentially a decorating studio which began manufacturing their own china in 1891 in Limoges, France. The company continued until it was dissolved due to the retirement of Tressemann in 1907. From 1907-1919, the company operated as Porcelain Gustave Vogt under the direction of Gustave Vogt, John Vogt's son, and continued to use the T&V mark. T&V is well known for its quality whiteware and boldly decorated hand paintings. The marks used on this item are the manufacturers underglaze mark in green referenced in Mary Frank Gaston's Collector's Encyclopedia of Limoges Porcelain, 3rd edition as mark #2 for Coiffe. L. Coiffe started the prolific Limoges porcelain factory and studio during the mid-1870’s and his son, E. Coiffe, continued the operation starting in 1887 and continuing until the mid-1920’s. This mark was used in the early 1892-1907. In addition, there is also the T&V (Tressemann & Vogt) purple overglaze mark #9 used 1892-1907, usually used in the early part of that time period. This confirms the circa for this chocolate pot to be 1892-1907.
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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