Limoges France Cigar Ashtray Porcelain Dish Catchall by French Artist 1997

Description

Large one of a kind Limoges porcelain ashtray in a square shape featuring a beautiful hand painted country scene from … more Large one of a kind Limoges porcelain ashtray in a square shape featuring a beautiful hand painted country scene from the 19th century depicting a lady with a baby in her hands and another kid in period dresses in a garden with bees, butterflies, birds.
It is signed by the French artist " Laetitia Roche and date 97" and marked Limoges France.
Fine porcelain large cigar ashtray by Limoges can also serve as a small tray for keys, loose change, or as a "vide-poche" (catchall).
It can be a perfect addition to your coffee table or side table, with the beautiful design in the center serving as the focal point.
This vintage porcelain decorative dish, made in France, functions as both a cigar tray and a catchall.
A hand-painted porcelain tray from the late 20th century, it is a classic example of smoking accessories with its large size and decorative design.
Whether used to elevate your cigar collection or to hold your favorite vintage rings, this tray is a perfect accent piece for any room.
Measures: 7.5" x 7.5" x 1.25" H.
In good vintage condition, please see photos.
Made in France in 1997s. One of a kind.

About Limoges Porcelain: Limoges porcelain designates hard-paste porcelain produced by factories near the city of Limoges, France beginning in the late 18th century, but does not refer to a particular manufacturer.Limoges had strong antecedents in the production of decorative objects. The city was the most famous European centre of vitreous enamel production in the 12th century, and Limoges enamel was known as Opus de Limogia or Labor Limogiae. Limoges had also been the site of a minor industry producing plain faience earthenware since the 1730s. The manufacturing of hard-paste porcelain at Limoges was established by Turgot in 1771 following the discovery of local supplies of kaolin and a material similar to petuntse in the economically distressed area at Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, near Limoges. The materials, which were quarried beginning in 1768, were used to produce hard-paste porcelain similar to Chinese porcelain. A manufactory at Limoges was placed under the patronage of the comte d’Artois, brother of Louis XVI, and was later purchased by the King in 1784, apparently with the idea of producing hard-paste bodies for decoration at Sèvres, although this never happened. After the French Revolution a number of private factories were established at Limoges, including Bernardaud and Haviland & Co. less