LIMOGES HANDPAINTED ANTIQUE ART NOUVEAU PLATE - ELITE WORKS

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LIMOGES HANDPAINTED  PLATE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY(PRE-1920), SCALLOPED EDGE

FOUR FLOWER STEMS, LEAVES AND BLOSSOMS LAID OUT IN GEOMETRICAL PRECISION LIKE THE FOUR POINTS OF A COMPASS,  WITH CURVED GOLD BRUSHED PERIMETER

DIAMETER IS 8.25 INCHES. HEIGHT 1 INCH. WEIGHT 11.2 OZ.

MARK IN GREEN: "ELITE/ L /FRANCE".

MARK IN RED:  "ELITE WORKS" OVER A BEARDED MAN ON A SHIELD, WITH LIMOGES FRANCE UNDERNEATH.

ALSO, THE WORD : "HANDPAINTED" UNDERLINED WITH A FLOURISH IS ON BACK OF PLATE

LITTLE OR NO WEAR.

The Elite Works was a decorating studio set up in the early 1870s in Limoges, France by Bawo & Dotter, a New York City china importer of largely Limoges porcelain established the previous decade.


The mark in green “ELITE/L/FRANCE” is an underglaze porcelain white ware mark used ca. 1896-1920.


The mark in red with “ELITE WORKS” over the image of a bearded man on a shield under which are the words “LIMOGES FRANCE” is an overglaze decorating mark, ca 1896-1932. (Some references have this mark as ca. 1920-1932).The bearded man on the shield is St Martial, taken from the seal of the city of Limoges,France.


Either way,  the plate was made no later than ca. 1920