Superb Limoges LILAC Hand Mirror/MARKED GUERIN FRANCE

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WELCOME TO MY VIOLETS AUCTION. Springtime is around the corner and soon the garden will be filled with those wonderful fat leaves of the Viola plant, popping up out of the ground. Soon to follow will be those dainty stems with their nodding heads of Violets. My auction today is going to show Violets and Pansies - with another purple or two thrown in. ! I will be listing very fine and very beautiful hand painted Limoges, Bavaria or Austrian porcelain that are all painted with one of the gardener's favorite flowers - the hardy and prolific Viola. This mold of Hand Mirror is shown in the Limoges books as being manufactured largely by the Guerin company. I have taken these mirrors apart occasionally to see if I could find a mark - and have never found one; until I took this one apart. Lo and behold - the Guerin manufacturing mark! These Hand Mirrors were also largely transfer - but this has a lot of hand painting on it. You can see the thick paint and the brush marks. The artist has painted Lilacs in varying shades with their leaves in rich, vibrant tones. The metal handle has a distinct Victorian look to it with Rosettes and raised ornate design. It's not often that you find these mirrors with so much hand painting and even more rare to find the mark! The Mirror measures 9 3/4" long and 3 5/8" across the porcelain back. It is in read more

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