Vintage Limoges France Miniature Perfume Basket and Bottle.

Very rare, vintage, Limoges France Miniature Perfume Basket and Bottle.

Hand Painted with Gilt and Floral Detail as well as metal hardware and glass perfume bottle.

Made in France 1960s

Size : 4.5 cm diameter - 6 cm high

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, Haviland & Co. and Royal Limoges.