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The Limoges Box is type of small hinged porcelain trinket box produced by Limoges porcelain factories near the city of Limoges, France. They are made of hard-paste porcelain and collected worldwide. Limoges porcelain boxes were first created in the mid-18th century after Jacques Turgot, Finance Minister of King Louis XVI, gave a Royal edict to ...
Daum is a crystal studio based in Nancy, France, founded in 1878 by Jean Daum [ 1] (1825–1885). His sons, Auguste Daum (1853–1909) and Antonin Daum (1864–1931), oversaw its growth during the burgeoning Art Nouveau period. Daum is one of the only crystal manufacturers to employ the pâte de verre (glass paste) process for art glass and ...
Austrian opaline glass bowl, 1914. Opaline glass is a style of antique glassware that was produced in Europe, particularly 19th-century France. It was made by adding particular phosphates or oxides during the mixing process of the glass' processing, giving the material a quality of opalescence .
1890s–1914. Art Nouveau glass is fine glass in the Art Nouveau style. Typically the forms are undulating, sinuous and colorful art, usually inspired by natural forms. Pieces are generally larger than drinking glasses, and decorative rather than practical, other than for use as vases and lighting fittings; there is little tableware.
Founded. 1475. Headquarters. Passavant-la-Rochère. , France. Website. www .larochere .com. La Rochere is the oldest continuously working glass factory in Europe located in the forests of the Lorraine and Franche-Comté regions that provided firewood for furnaces and ferns, the ashes of which made the potash necessary for the glass fusion.
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Arc Holdings is the holding company of the Arc Group, specializing in the design and manufacturing of glass tableware. The Arc Group markets its collections in France and exports them abroad under the registered trademarks Luminarc, Arcopal, Cristal d’Arques Paris, Arcoroc and Chef&Sommelier. It also designs products for the private label and ...
The Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis is a corporation, founded in 1586 in Münzthal ( Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche in French) in Lorraine. It is the oldest glass manufacturer in France with roots dating back to 1586 and the first crystal glass manufacturer in continental Europe (1781). The Musée du cristal Saint-Louis exhibits 4 centuries ...