In many instances, Limoges Porcelain Marks are thought to be synonymous with Haviland. While Haviland did create, and mark, a great amount of Limoges, there were a number of other porcelain studios that also created Limoges porcelain. Many of these porcelain studios were creating Limoges porcelain during the same time frame that Haviland was.
For the oldest of the Limoges porcelain marks, the Allund factory, which was in existence from 1797 until it was sold in 1868, marked its wares using the letters AE impressed on the bottom of each piece of porcelain they created. After 1868, the company was sold and Haviland began to be used as their mark.
In 1892, a New York company called Bawo and Dotter started a porcelain manufacturing factory. This factory was known as Elite Works and located in Limoges, France. Depending on the time frame, Elite Works used marks in either green or red. From 1900 until 1914, Limoges porcelain marks were in red while the marks were in green from 1920 until 1932. The company used Elite Works France and Elite France as their Limoges Porcelain marks..
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There are number of other, smaller porcelain manufacturing companies that made Limoges porcelain. They also used a variety of Limoges porcelain marks. Many of these marks did not include the name Limoges on them. Some of these smaller porcelain factories simply used their company name as their Limoges porcelain mark. The C. Ahrenfeldt porcelain factory used its company name as well as the France C. A. Depose mark starting in1886. Other porcelain factories that used their company names as their Limoges porcelain mark include A. Lanternier beginning in 1885 and M. Redon in starting in 1853.
Other smaller porcelain factories used symbols or pictures as their Limoges porcelain marks. For example, The R Laporte porcelain factory used the letters RL/L above a picture of a butterfly. The factory of Latrille Freres used a star that is encircled by the words Limoges France. The Martin Freres and Brothers porcelain factory used the image of a bird with ribbons protruding from its mouth as their Limoges porcelain mark. One of the ribbons in the bird's mouth had the word France written on it.
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