\ud83d\udcd0 IZM\u0112RI<\/strong> \u2014 Diametrs 22 cm. Komplekt\u0101 12 gabali.<\/p>\n

Divpadsmit Limoges porcel\u0101na sal\u0101tu \/ k\u016bkas \u0161\u0137\u012bvju komplekts ar CB vai BC monogrammu un Art Nouveau vijol\u012b\u0161u v\u012bt\u0146u dekoru \u2014 Mansard, 34 Rue Paradis, Paris; Limoges, Francija, ap 1880.\u20131900. gads, 12 gab.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\ud83c\udfdb\ufe0f IZGATAVO\u0160ANAS PERIODS, M\u0100KSLAS STILS, LAIKMETS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ir serv\u012bzes, kas st\u0101sta par \u0123imeni. Ne par vienu vakaru \u2014 par paaudzi. Par to, ka k\u0101ds Par\u012bz\u0113 vai provinces pil\u012b s\u0113d\u0113ja pie rakst\u0101mgalda un rakst\u012bja pas\u016bt\u012bjumu: \u0161\u0101ds porcel\u0101ns, \u0161\u0101da robe\u017ea, un vid\u016b \u2014 m\u016bsu inicia\u013ci. Lai katrs, kas s\u0113d\u0113s pie m\u016bsu galda, zina, ka \u0161is galds ir m\u016bs\u0113js.<\/p>\n

\u0160ie \u0161\u0137\u012bvji pieder tam augl\u012bgajam p\u0101rejas br\u012bdim starp v\u0113lo Historicismu un ien\u0101ko\u0161o Art Nouveau \u2014 br\u012bdim, kad dekorat\u012bv\u0101 m\u0101ksla atbr\u012bvoj\u0101s no smagaj\u0101m historisma draperijas krok\u0101m un s\u0101ka atcer\u0113ties, ka ziedu v\u012bte\u0146i var b\u016bt viegli. Vijol\u012b\u0161u un savva\u013cas ro\u017eu v\u012btnes uz \u0161\u0137\u012bvju mal\u0101m ir gleznots ar to nevainojamo precizit\u0101ti, ko deva Limoges meistaru skola \u2014 katrs zieds atpaz\u012bstams, katrs lapotnes vijums ir elpojo\u0161s, nevis saspringts. Kr\u0101su palete \u2014 pel\u0113kbr\u016bns un maigi roz\u0101 uz ziloganbaltas porcel\u0101na masas \u2014 ir vizu\u0101li tik smalkj\u016bt\u012bga, ka \u0161\u0137\u012bvji izskat\u0101s k\u0101 akvareles, nevis porcel\u0101na izstr\u0101d\u0101jumi.<\/p>\n

Zelta monogramma \u0161\u0137\u012bvja centr\u0101 \u2014 sav\u012bti inicia\u013ci, visticam\u0101k CB<\/strong> vai BC<\/strong> \u2014 ir priv\u0101ta pas\u016bt\u012bjuma z\u012bme. \u0160is komplekts netika ra\u017eots pla\u0161ai tirdzniec\u012bbai. Tas tika pas\u016bt\u012bts konkr\u0113tai \u0123imenei, konkr\u0113tam galdam, konkr\u0113tam dz\u012bvesveidam. T\u0101 ir at\u0161\u0137ir\u012bba starp antikv\u0101ru priek\u0161metu un antikv\u0101ru dokumentu \u2014 \u0161ie \u0161\u0137\u012bvji ir gan viens, gan otrs.<\/p>\n

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\u269c\ufe0f RA\u017dOT\u0100JS UN TIRDZNIEC\u012aBAS M\u0100JA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Z\u012bmogs apak\u0161\u0101 ir prec\u012bza v\u0113stures adrese: MANSARD, 34 Rue Paradis, Paris<\/strong>. Rue Paradis \u2014 Parad\u012bzes iela \u2014 nebija nejau\u0161a nosaukums. T\u0101 bija Par\u012bzes porcel\u0101na un krist\u0101la tirdzniec\u012bbas galven\u0101 art\u0113rija, kur 19. gs. otraj\u0101 pus\u0113 atrad\u0101s visi liel\u0101k\u0101s porcel\u0101na m\u0101jas, kas apg\u0101d\u0101ja Francijas augst\u0101ko sabiedr\u012bbu un eksport\u0113ja uz visu Eiropu. Mansard bija presti\u017es porcel\u0101na tirgot\u0101js, kas darbojas p\u0113c klasisk\u0101 Par\u012bzes mode\u013ca: pas\u016bt\u012bja porcel\u0101na masas un balta porcel\u0101na izstr\u0101d\u0101jumus pie vado\u0161aj\u0101m Limoges<\/strong> manufakt\u016br\u0101m, p\u0113c tam tos dekor\u0113ja vai dekor\u0113\u0161anu uzraudz\u012bja p\u0113c saviem dizainiem, un p\u0101rdeva sav\u0101 veikal\u0101 ar savu firmas z\u012bmogu.<\/p>\n

Limoges \u2014 Francijas centr\u0101 eso\u0161\u0101 pils\u0113ta \u2014 bija un joproj\u0101m ir Eiropas smalko porcel\u0101nu galvaspils\u0113ta. T\u0101s balt\u0101s m\u0101la atradnes tika atkl\u0101tas 1768. gad\u0101, un t\u016bl\u012bt p\u0113c tam pils\u0113t\u0101 izveidoj\u0101s manufakt\u016bras, kas apg\u0101d\u0101ja gan Versa\u013cas galmam, gan v\u0113l\u0101k visu Eiropas augst\u0101ko bur\u017eu\u0101ziju. Limoges porcel\u0101nam rakstur\u012bg\u0101 \u012bpa\u0161\u012bba \u2014 t\u0101 \u0101rk\u0101rt\u0113j\u0101 baltuma t\u012br\u012bba un glaz\u016bras caursp\u012bd\u012bgums \u2014 padara to par ide\u0101lu pamatu smalkai glezniec\u012bbai, un tie\u0161i \u0161\u012b \u012bpa\u0161\u012bba ir redzama katr\u0101 no \u0161iem \u0161\u0137\u012bvjiem.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udc8e RETUMS UN NOZ\u012aME<\/strong><\/p>\n

Piln\u012bgs divpadsmit \u0161\u0137\u012bvju komplekts ar priv\u0101tu monogrammu, saglab\u0101t\u0101 zelta apmali, neskartu Mansard z\u012bmogu un \u0161aj\u0101 kvalit\u0101t\u0113 saglab\u0101tu vijol\u012b\u0161u dekoru ir izcili rets atradums. Monogramm\u0113tie Limoges komplekti, kas izg\u0101ju\u0161i caur Par\u012bzes presti\u017eo tirdzniec\u012bbas m\u0101ju sist\u0113mu, kolekcion\u0101ru pasaul\u0113 Francij\u0101, Be\u013c\u0123ij\u0101 un Lielbrit\u0101nij\u0101 tiek v\u0113rt\u0113ti augst\u0101k nek\u0101 anon\u012bma ra\u017eojumi, jo tie satur divk\u0101r\u0161u v\u0113sturisko sl\u0101ni \u2014 gan manufakt\u016bras, gan pas\u016bt\u012bt\u0101ja \u0123imenes st\u0101stu. Divpadsmit gabalu komplekta piln\u012bgums ir sevi\u0161\u0137i noz\u012bm\u012bgs, jo \u0161\u0101di serv\u012bzes laika gait\u0101 parasti tiek iz\u0161\u0137irtas.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udd6f\ufe0f PIELIETOJUMS INTERJER\u0100, DIZAIN\u0100 UN FOTOGR\u0100FIJ\u0100<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u0160ie \u0161\u0137\u012bvji ir rad\u012bti galdam \u2014 un tie ir vien\u0101di skaisti gan akt\u012bv\u0101 lieto\u0161an\u0101, gan k\u0101 dekor\u0101cija. K\u016bkas vai deserta pasnieg\u0161anai sv\u0113tku galdam, kur katrs \u0161\u0137\u012bvis ar savu monogrammu k\u013c\u016bst par vakara t\u0113mu un st\u0101stu. Stikla vitr\u012bn\u0101 k\u0101 kolekcijas centerpiece, kur divpadsmit identisko monogrammu ritms rada hipnotisku vizu\u0101lo k\u0101rt\u012bbu. Fran\u010du bur\u017eu\u0101zisk\u0101, romantisma, provansas un Art Nouveau<\/strong> stila interjeros \u2014 k\u0101 autentiski galda aksesu\u0101ri, kas nav m\u0101ksloti “ant\u012bkie”, bet patiesi n\u0101ku\u0161i no t\u0101 laika un t\u0101s pasaules. Fotogr\u0101fij\u0101 \u2014 baltais porcel\u0101ns ar pel\u0113kbr\u016bno v\u012btni un zelta monogrammu ir klasiska still-life<\/em> kompoz\u012bcija, kas darbojas gan ar lina salveti un sviestu, gan ar krist\u0101la gl\u0101z\u0113m un svaigiem ziediem.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udd0d ST\u0100VOKLIS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Visp\u0101r\u0113jais st\u0101voklis \u2014 labs, atbilsto\u0161s vecumam<\/strong>. Visi 12 gabali veseli, bez l\u016bzumiem vai skald\u012bjumiem. Vijol\u012b\u0161u un ro\u017eu v\u012bt\u0146u dekors saglab\u0101jies skaidri ar pilnu kr\u0101su intensit\u0101ti. Zelta monogramma centr\u0101 \u2014 labi saglab\u0101jusies. Zelta apmale mal\u0101 \u2014 ar dab\u012bgu, vecumam atbilsto\u0161u minim\u0101lu nodilumu atsevi\u0161\u0137\u0101s viet\u0101s. Apak\u0161\u0101 zils Mansard, 34 Rue Paradis, Paris z\u012bmogs \u2014 skaidri las\u0101ms. Lietas st\u0101voklis piln\u012bb\u0101 atspogu\u013cots fotogr\u0101fij\u0101s.<\/p>\n

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\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 DESCRIPTION IN ENGLISH<\/strong><\/p>\n

Set of Twelve Limoges Porcelain Salad \/ Dessert Plates with CB or BC Monogram and Art Nouveau Floral Vine D\u00e9cor \u2014 Mansard, 34 Rue Paradis, Paris; Limoges, France, circa 1880\u20131900, set of 12<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udcd0 DIMENSIONS<\/strong> \u2014 Diameter 22 cm. Set of 12 pieces.<\/p>\n

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\ud83c\udfdb\ufe0f PERIOD, ART STYLE, HISTORICAL CONTEXT<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are dinner services that tell the story of a family. Not of a single evening \u2014 of a generation. Of someone sitting at a writing desk in Paris or a provincial manor, composing an order: this porcelain, this border, and in the centre \u2014 our initials. So that everyone who sits at our table knows that this table is ours.<\/p>\n

These plates belong to that fertile transitional moment between late Historicism and the emerging Art Nouveau \u2014 the moment when decorative art freed itself from the heavy drapery folds of historicism and began to remember that floral garlands could be light. The sweet pea and wild rose vines along the plate rims are painted with the impeccable precision that defined the Limoges master school \u2014 each flower identifiable, each tendril of foliage breathing rather than stiff. The colour palette \u2014 grey-brown and pale rose on the blue-white porcelain body \u2014 is so refined that the plates appear as watercolours rather than ceramic objects.<\/p>\n

The gilt monogram at the centre of each plate \u2014 intertwined initials, most likely CB<\/strong> or BC<\/strong> \u2014 is the mark of a private commission. This set was not produced for general sale. It was ordered for a specific family, a specific table, a specific way of life. That is the difference between an antique object and an antique document \u2014 these plates are both.<\/p>\n

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\u269c\ufe0f MAKER AND RETAIL HOUSE<\/strong><\/p>\n

The mark on the base is a precise address in history: MANSARD, 34 Rue Paradis, Paris<\/strong>. Rue Paradis \u2014 the Street of Paradise \u2014 was no accidental name. It was the principal artery of Parisian porcelain and crystal trade, where in the second half of the 19th century the finest porcelain houses were gathered, supplying French high society and exporting across Europe. Mansard was a prestigious porcelain retailer operating on the classic Parisian model: commissioning porcelain blanks from the leading Limoges<\/strong> manufactories, supervising decoration to their own designs, and selling in their own premises under their own mark.<\/p>\n

Limoges \u2014 a city in central France \u2014 was and remains the capital of fine European porcelain. Its white kaolin deposits were discovered in 1768, and manufactories immediately established there went on to supply the court at Versailles and subsequently all of Europe’s haute bourgeoisie. The defining quality of Limoges porcelain \u2014 its exceptional whiteness and the translucency of its glaze \u2014 makes it the ideal ground for fine painted decoration, and that quality is visible in every one of these plates.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udc8e RARITY AND SIGNIFICANCE<\/strong><\/p>\n

A complete set of twelve plates with a private monogram, preserved gilt border, intact Mansard mark, and floral decoration in this quality is an exceptionally rare find. Monogrammed Limoges sets that passed through the Parisian prestige retail system are valued more highly by collectors in France, Belgium, and the United Kingdom than anonymous pieces, because they carry a double historical layer \u2014 the story of both the manufactory and the commissioning family. The completeness of a twelve-piece set is especially significant, as dinner services of this type are almost invariably separated over time.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udd6f\ufe0f USE IN INTERIOR DESIGN AND PHOTOGRAPHY<\/strong><\/p>\n

These plates are made for the table \u2014 and they are equally beautiful in active use and as decoration. For serving dessert or cake at a celebratory table, where each plate with its monogram becomes the conversation piece of the evening. In a glass cabinet as the centrepiece of a collection, where the rhythm of twelve identical monograms creates a hypnotic visual order. In French bourgeois, Romantic, Proven\u00e7al, and Art Nouveau<\/strong> interiors \u2014 as authentic table accessories that are not artificially “antique” but genuinely come from that time and that world. In photography \u2014 white porcelain with a grey-brown floral vine and a gilt monogram is a classic still-life composition, working equally with a linen napkin and butter dish as with crystal glasses and fresh flowers.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udd0d CONDITION<\/strong><\/p>\n

Overall condition \u2014 good, consistent with age<\/strong>. All 12 pieces are intact, with no cracks or chips. The sweet pea and rose vine decoration is well preserved with full colour intensity. The gilt monogram at the centre is well retained. The gilt border at the rim shows natural, age-appropriate minimal wear in places. The Mansard, 34 Rue Paradis, Paris mark on the base is clearly legible in blue. The condition of the item is fully reflected in the photographs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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