Limoges Porcelain

Limoges porcelain, also called "white gold", is a hard-paste porcelain produced by factories in and around the city of Limoges, France beginning in the late 18th century, and continues to the present. It is world-famous for its translucence, lustrous white color, and extreme durability. Owing to the richness of these sources, manufacturers in Limoges have mastered the art of combining kaolin, feldspar, and quartz to mix the perfect batch for fusing brilliant white porcelain. Its delicate translucence, graceful elegance, and fragile beauty is deceptive, because, despite its fragile appearance, it is a hard-paste porcelain; the extreme durability of which can be partly attributed to the high proportion of kaolin (about 50%) and the high firing temperature which fuses it. Each piece is: cast in a mold, hand-polished, fired, sometimes hand-painted or decorated with fine gold. The name "Limoges Porcelain" was protected in 2017, to be used only by those companies that have production sites in Limoges and abide by the traditional methods of production.

There are no limits when it comes to decorative possibilities with Limoges porcelain; it’s only natural that it should be dressed in the most beautiful way possible. The fine china – particularly that from Bernardaud, Raynaud, J.L Coquet, Haviland, Jaune de Chrome, Alberto Pinto, and Robert Haviland & C. Parlon, which MDMAISON is proud to work with – is sculpted into plates, cups, bowls, vases, and more. The product lines are seemingly endless, with the plates alone toting well over 50 different items in more than some cases, so there is just the right serving dishes to go with every meal or to style your establishment. From a formal, sit-down dinner to an easy-get-together, there isn’t a better way than with Limoges porcelain – that is, from MDMAISON.