on 29-08-2016 04:09 PM
Hi
I bought this item as part of a group of Limoges porcelain trinket boxes but am having trouble finding the origin and history of one of them as pictured.
It is a lovely blue and gold footed casket trinket box with the mark LI underneath. I have exhausted all my research and was wondering if anyone knows of the mark.
Many thanks in advance.
Evelyn
on 29-08-2016 04:10 PM
Here is a second photo of the casket itself in case that helps. 🙂
on 29-08-2016 05:01 PM
on 29-08-2016 11:26 PM
Thanks for the link, I had found another similar page with some helpful info even though the signature remains a mystery.
Yes I am fearing that this one might be a fake, though a pretty one at that. The hinge certainly sticks out. Thankfully the other Limoges check out but this one is the oddity. I can't even find it on the list of fake limoges stamps as described on one website, particularly Chinese fakes.
I guess I can sell it as a pretty box if nothing else comes to light. 🙂
on 30-08-2016 08:47 AM
Here are some examples of fake Limoges marks - this may be the site you found
https://au.pinterest.com/pin/387028161699305982/
I don't think your box is trying to be a fake as such; it is simply a china box with metal hardware in the style of Limoges but certainly without that quality. To me there is nothing about the LI mark that signifies Limoges. Just a modern copy in the same way that there are modern copies of Murano glass etc.
on 30-08-2016 05:14 PM
Yes that is very similar if not the same site. And as you say it may not be pretending to be a Limoges at all. The LI mark underneath may possibly be someone's (the designer or maker) initials.
I will list it as it stands - a footed casket / trinket box in a European style. 🙂
Thanks for everyone's input.