LeRoy Antique Hand buy Painted Limoges Mug with Currants, (ca 1901+), Porcelain Tankard, Stein, Limoges, Belleek Mug, Rosenthal Mug

This is a beautiful Hand Painted Antique Limoges Mug with Currants. Painted on a Guerin Pouyat Elite porcelain blank dating it to around 1901+.

Painted by professional artist M Rost LeRoy, a skillful artist, you can see the confidence in the brushstrokes and choice of colors.

It's in great shape, with very little wear.

No chips or cracks

Measures 5-7/8" tall with an opening of 3".

Just a really pretty mug.


About Guerin Pouyat Elite ltd.:
William Guerin (1838-1912) was born near Limoges and trained in porcelain techniques. In 1836, he rented a porcelain decorating workshop in the Faubourg Montjovis (Limoges), doing export.

About 1872, Guerin took over the porcelain workshop of Lebron & Cie. Then in 1877 he bought the porcelain factory that had been established by Jouhanneaud and Dubois in Rue du Petit-Tour (Limoges), and which had been bought in 1867 by the Utzschneider Company of Sarregemines. This enlarged company produced a wide range of wares, selling a lot of white ware and also continuing decoration.

Guerin's sons William and Andre joined the company in 1903. In 1911 W. Guerin & Cie. merged with the nearby Pouyat factory. Possibly both company marks were continued; in any case WWI greatly decreased output.

In 1920 or 1921 by Bawo & Dotter Ltd., owner of Elite name, bought Guerin & Cie and became Guerin Pouyat buy Elite, with Carl Bawo as technical director from 1923. The factory closed in 1932 and was demolished in 1933.
(from Rubell's Antiques website)