Antique Hand best Painted Limoges Mug with Currants, (ca 1901+), Porcelain Tankard, Stein, Limoges, Belleek Mug, Rosenthal Mug

This is a beautiful Hand Painted Antique Limoges Mug with Currants. Painted on a Guerin Pouyat Elite porcelain blank dating it to around 1901+.

A skillful artist painted this mug, you can see the confidence in the brushstrokes and choice of colors.

It's in great shape, with very little wear. The handle gold is almost completely in tact. The bottom edge shows just minor wear to the red color. No chips or cracks.

Measures 5-7/8" tall with an opening of 3".

Just a really pretty mug.


About Guerin Pouyat Elite ltd.:
William Guerin (1838-1912) was born near Limoges and trained in porcelain techniques. In 1836, he rented a porcelain decorating workshop in the Faubourg Montjovis (Limoges), doing export.

About 1872, Guerin took over the porcelain workshop of Lebron & Cie. Then in 1877 he bought the porcelain factory that had been established by Jouhanneaud and Dubois in Rue du Petit-Tour (Limoges), and which had been bought in 1867 by the Utzschneider Company of Sarregemines. This enlarged company produced a wide range of wares, selling a lot of white ware and also continuing decoration.

Guerin's sons William and Andre joined the company in 1903. In 1911 W. Guerin & Cie. merged with the nearby Pouyat factory. Possibly both company marks were continued; in any case WWI greatly decreased output.

In 1920 or 1921 by best Bawo & Dotter Ltd., owner of Elite name, bought Guerin & Cie and became Guerin Pouyat Elite, with Carl Bawo as technical director from 1923. The factory closed in 1932 and was demolished in 1933.
(from Rubell's Antiques website)