Description
If you find this piece gorgeous, and are potentially interested in it, I know that for things I’m interested in I really like to understand the history and story behind it, so I’m going to go ahead and give you a bunch of those details now.
Brand/Maker: Limoges porcelain, imported or decorated by Lewis Straus & Sons (LS&S) of New York.
Style/Era: Art Nouveau, dating to the early 1900s.
Design Details: Hand-painted pink flowers, a deep green border, and heavy raised gold accents on the scalloped rim.
Potential Use: Historically used as a decorative cabinet plate or for serving, get this, asparagus.
The dual stamps on the bottom provide a full historical record of how this porcelain piece was produced and imported:
The Green Factory Stamp: The green 7-pointed star emblem with “LIMOGES FRANCE” is the official manufacturer’s backstamp for the Coiffe factory (Coiffe & Cie). This specific stamp format confirms that the blank porcelain piece was produced in Limoges, France between 1891 and 1914.
The Red Circle Stamp: The orange-red circular mark reading “LS & S LIMOGES FRANCE” belongs to the prominent New York importer Lazarus Straus & Sons.
The Production Process: During the Gilded Age, it was very common for high-end American importers to buy white porcelain blanks directly from French factories. The pieces were then hand-painted and decorated either at a specialized workshop in France commissioned by the importer, or at the importer’s own decorating studio in the United States.The Straus family had a massive presence in the American luxury goods market and pioneered the fine china department inside R.H. Macy & Co. stores.
Collectibility and CareEra: Exactly late Victorian or early Edwardian / Art Nouveau period (circa 1895–1914).
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