2 Antique A. Klingenber Limoges Plates


Item Number: 133

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $200

Online Close: Jul 24, 2016 7:00 PM HST

Bid History: 1 bid - Item Sold!




Description

Two antique "A Klingenberg" French Limoges plates with beautifully executed bouquet of roses. The scalloped edge is elegantly embossed with rich gilding. Most likely circa 1890's to 1910. They measure 9 inches in diameter. Green under glaze maker mark for A. Klingenberg, "AK" over "D" (for Dwenger), and, "FRANCE". One plate has two chips on the edge.


A quick history of this company: A. Klingenberg was an accomplished Limoges artisan painter when he opened his own porcelain factory and decorating studio in the Limoges region of France in the early 1880's. He merged with Charles Dwenger's studio sometime in the late 1890's or very early 1900's. Klingenberg & Dwenger together manufactured porcelain products, produced decorated finished porcelain pieces, and exported them world-wide until 1910 when the company closed its doors. 


From Becky Dietrich (Houzz Design Contributor) about using mixed-china to make unforgettable table settings (see photo from elegantwedding.com):
Dishes — formal or casual — come in sets of four, eight, 12 and even 24 in stores. That’s the way it’s always been, and that’s the way it ought to be.
Says who? After all, where’s the fun in that? Have you ever been to a flea market or garage sale and seen some dishes you just loved, but there were only three, so you passed them up? Truth is, the most memorable table settings I have ever seen were a lovely hodgepodge of patterns and designs — not only the plates, but the flatware and glassware as well.
Ignore the small voice that whines, “You can’t do that!” The reality is, dishes and glassware break, and flatware disappears into a parallel universe. Does that mean we have to go buy new matching sets? Absolutely not. We just need to adjust our thinking away from sets and into mixing. A collection of plates will create table settings your family and friends will marvel over.

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