The Encyclopedia of Ceramics by William Percival Jervis

Author:William Percival Jervis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blanchard
Published: 1902-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

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dorf, an ancient convent. The mark of his three manufactories is a trefoil (a). Greiner died in 1797 and was succeeded by his three sons. The works at Limbach still exist. The marks b to h are ascribed to Greiner's factories.

Limoges. Mr. Marryatt gives the following history of the early days of Limoges: "Soon after the discovery of kaolin at St. Yrieix, Gabriel Grellet, supported by the Minister Turgot, established a porcelain manufactory at Limoges by an co'ret dated 1773, which granted him permission to export his porcelain without duties, the mark to be "C. D." In 1784 his fabrique was purchased by the King as a branch manufacture of Sevres. Grellet was director, and Massier comptroller. M. Darcet was sent to Sevres to organize the works, with Closterman to superintend the composition of the colors. The products were confined to small pieces that could only be enriched

by light decoration, but the porcelain being made of the finest kaolin was of a brilliant whiteness. An inferior kaolin was introduced and Grellet resigned in 1785, when he was replaced by Alluaud, who sacrificed his private fortune to the improvement of the works. He was appointed Director of the Mint, and Massier provisionally succeeded him, 1793-5. ^^^ works were subsequently purchased by Messrs. Joubert and Cancate. In 1794 M. Monnerie established in the old Augustine convent at Limoges a manufacture which continued in operation till 1800, when it declined. Its products, without being de premier choir, were ot good quality and enriched with light arabesque patterns. When M. Baignol left La Seinie (in 1793) he set up a manufactory on his own account, which was the most considerable at Limoges, with the exception of one set up in 1798 by Alluaud Pere, which was carried to great perfection by his son. Alluaud porcelain was distinguished for its whiteness, and the brightness of its enamal, the solidity of its paste and its careful decoration ; the gilding and painting of flowers excellent, but in figures and landscapes its artists were deficient. Alluaud's products were sold in the towns of the south of France, and his manufacture, which rose in the storms of the revolution, was remarkable for the rapidity of its progress." Messrs. Gasnault and Garnier in their work on French pottery state that: "We do not believe that decoration was practised at Limoges, for all the porcelain manufactured there was sent to Paris in order to be painted. It is, moreover, not remarkable and is marked **C.D.'*in rough script—^a mark the meaning and origin of which we do not know.'' Before the establishment of the porcelain industry Sieur Massie had a faience workshop there, established by a decree of 1737. Specimens of his work are in the Museum of Sevres and Limoges. The later history of Limoges will be found under the names of various present-day manufacturers.

LiNDENiR. A celebrated painter of birds and insects who worked at Meissen from 1725 to 1745.

LiNDos, Island of Rhodes. It is to the researches of M.

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