MANUFACTURE HAVILAND LIMOGES PORCELAIN TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE ‘GARDEN OF EDEN’, 38 pieces
Lotto 526
150300
Inscription: HAVILAND Limoges/Jardin d’Eden/FABRIQUE ET DECORE A LIMOGES (on the underside)
38 pieces:
6 dinner plates D. 26 cm
6 dessert plates D. 21.4 cm
6 coffee cups
6 coffee saucers
6 tea cups
6 tea saucers
1 coffee or tea pot
1 milk jug
In 1842, David Haviland, a New York merchant and importer of earthenware, founded his own porcelain factory in Limoges, France, which quickly became synonymous with the French luxury art that continues to this day.