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Antique 1960s/70s pharmacy/apothecary bottle/jar with matching lid in Limoges porcelain, France.
The decorations are hand painted. The plant motifs with green and pink colors, also called the "Florence" model, are enhanced with gold / mirror-effect gold edging on each pot and lid. The inscription is black.
These jars are extremely rare and of exceptional quality. The factory made identical jars for cooking spices which are more common.
Each pot is stamped Limoges porcelain. Two bear the stamp "Florence" (1963) and one bears the stamp of the decorator Jean Feuillade (1960).
A bit of history…
Beauredon and Jabelot porcelain factory, then Texeraud, then Union Limousine, then Porcelaine d'Art Florence, currently the Impérialimoges porcelain factory.
Auguste Jabelot and François Beauredon built this porcelain factory in 1920. They were succeeded by Léon Texeraud in 1925, who then operated a small porcelain factory on rue Lavoisier in Limoges. He proceeded with the construction of new workshops in 1928. In 1937
The company was sold to the Union Limousine based in Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat (87). The site was then occupied by a small artisanal establishment manufacturing pharmaceutical products. The decoration workshops were then sold to Porcelaines d'Art
Florence (SARL Bontemps et Cie).
APOTHECARY JAR - OPIUM
Height (including cover): 10 cm
Diameter: 4.5 cm