Limoges
Famed ceramics city
Limoges refers to fine porcelain produced in or around the French city of the same name, renowned since the 18th century for its quality and craftsmanship.
The term often appears in antiques contexts: a Limoges tea set, vintage Limoges boxes.
Like Wedgwood or Meissen, Limoges has become shorthand for a particular tradition of decorative ceramics.
Fine ceramic tableware
- bone chinaCalcium-ash ceramic ware
- tablewareDining implements collectively
- dinnerwareVessels for serving meals
- teacupsSmall handled drinking vessels
saucers · plates · vases · figurines · translucency · cobalt blue · gilding · hand-painted
Oven for hardening clay
- glazeThin lustrous coating
- firingTerminating employment
- bisqueCreamy seafood soup
- kaolinWhiteite mineral for pottery
feldspar · quartz · molds · casting · underglaze · overglaze · factory · manufacture
Custom passed through generations
- craftsmanshipSkill in making objects
- legacyWhat's passed down
- provenanceRecord of ownership
- antiqueOld valued collectible
heirloom · collectible · museum · auction · authentication · marks · hallmarks · estate
Enamel fused within wire partitions
- vitreousGlass-like in appearance
- gildingApplying decorative gold coating
- reliquaryContainer for sacred remains
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
Romanesque · religious art · caskets · plaques · triptych · crucifixes · museum pieces · polychrome
Administered regional territory
- communeShared-living community
- cathedralBishop's principal church
- train stationPassenger boarding facility for locomotives
- universityHigher education institution
china
Fine ceramic tableware
- bone chinaCalcium-ash ceramic ware
- tablewareDining implements collectively
- dinnerwareVessels for serving meals
teacups · saucers · plates · vases · figurines · translucency · cobalt blue · gilding · hand-painted · kaolin
kiln
Oven for hardening clay
kaolin · feldspar · quartz · molds · casting · underglaze · overglaze · factory · manufacture · hard-paste
tradition
Custom passed through generations
- craftsmanshipSkill in making objects
- legacyWhat's passed down
- provenanceRecord of ownership
antique · heirloom · collectible · museum · auction · authentication · marks · hallmarks · estate · registry
cloisonné
Enamel fused within wire partitions
- vitreousGlass-like in appearance
- gildingApplying decorative gold coating
- reliquaryContainer for sacred remains
medieval · Romanesque · religious art · caskets · plaques · triptych · crucifixes · museum pieces · polychrome · translucent
prefecture
Administered regional territory
- communeShared-living community
- cathedralBishop's principal church
- train stationPassenger boarding facility for locomotives
- Limoges enamelFused glass on metal