Le Tallec Limoges Porcelain Hand Painted Silent Butler/trinket Box Grignan

  
PLEASE LOOK AT MY OTHER AUCTIONS FOR MORE ANTIQUE HAND PAINTED PORCELAIN. Here is an outstanding and beautiful Vintage, hand painted LE TALLEC Paris, Limoges Porcelain Silent Butler/Trinket Box decorated in the GRIGNAN Pattern. Measurements 5" x 3 1/2" x 2 excluding handle and finger pull.

The reverse bears the Le Tallec hallmark "L T" motif in a Sevres-like mark under which is artist initials "SF". Please look at my other 2 Le Tallec pieces in my other listings. Camille Le Tallec was born in Paris from Breton of Lorient and Picard ancestry. He graduation in 1929 from the prestigious Ecole du Louve in Paris with a thesis on the Nast porcelain of the 18th century.

He then took over in 1930 the familial hand painted porcelain studio founded in Belleville Paris early in the century. Rapidly, Le Tallec decided to continue in the tradition of the Vincennes porcelain and Sèvres porcelain , expanding the small and local business, the Atelier Le Tallec. In thirty years, the studio created hand-painted porcelain tablewares for famous individuals such as Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom , Kings Mohammed V and Hassan II of Morocco , the Ville de Paris or the French Republic, amongst others. In 1961, Le Tallec started a fruitful collaboration with the silver and jewelry firm Tiffany & Co which led in 1990 to the Atelier Le Tallec's incorporation into the American company, one year before his death in Paris.

Tiffany's and Le Tallec designed successful original and private porcelain patterns that can be seen both at the Viaduc des Arts of the promenade plantée in the 12th arrondissement of Paris and in all Tiffany's stores in the United-States. Over 60 years, Le Tallec has maintained traditional hand-painted porcelain. He preserved and revisited about 375 original and historical patterns signed by the Le Tallec's marks. Atelier Le Tallec was inducted as a member of the Grands Ateliers de France (the fifty best studios in France) in 2000.

Le Tallec also acquired from 1935 to 1955 prestigious pieces of European porcelain. He was a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur appointed in 1976 by a schoolmate of his: Edgar Faure , then president of the French National Assembly. Of Lorient and Pickard ancestry.

He graduated in 1929 from the prestigious École du Louvre in Paris with a thesis on the. Mint condition with no chips, cracks, or repairs. All Items are Professionally Packed. The item "LE TALLEC LIMOGES PORCELAIN HAND PAINTED SILENT BUTLER/TRINKET BOX GRIGNAN" is in sale since Wednesday, February 6, 2019. This item is in the category "Pottery & Glass\Pottery & China\China & Dinnerware\Limoges".

The seller is "beckyangel319" and is located in Hollywood, Florida. This item can be shipped to United States.

• Brand: Le Tallec Limoges
• Object Type: Trinket Dish
• Style: Victorian
• Original/Reproduction: Vintage Original