limoges

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A city in France, capital of the Limousin region
a city in west central France, where fine porcelain cups, plates etc are made
A city of Southern France

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Limoges painted enamel
Enamel work made in Limoges, France, generally considered the finest painted enamel ware produced in Europe in the 16th century. The earliest examples show religious scenes in the late Gothic style, but Italian Renaissance motifs appeared 1520. Painting in grisaille was later introduced. By the late 16th century the quality of the enamel ware had degenerated. See also Léonard Limosin
Limoges ware
Porcelain, largely service ware, produced in Limoges, France, from the 18th century. Faience of undistinguished quality was produced there from 1736, but the manufacture of hard-paste, or true, porcelain dates only from 1771. In 1784 the factory was acquired as an adjunct of the royal factory at Sèvres (see Sèvres porcelain), and the decorations of the two wares became similar. After 1858 Limoges became a mass exporter of porcelain to the U.S. under the name Haviland