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Limoges porcelain is hard-paste porcelain produced by factories in and around the city of Limoges, France, beginning in the late 18th century, by any manufacturer.By about 1830, Limoges, which was close to the areas where suitable clay was found, had replaced Paris as the main centre for private porcelain factories, although the state-owned Sèvres porcelain near Paris remained dominant at the ...
Jean Court, called Vigier, was one of the most skillful of the Limoges enamel painters who flourished at Limoges in the 16th century. His works are very rare and bear the dates 1556 and 1557 only. Almost all are painted in grisaille on a black ground, and heightened with gold, the flesh being tinted.
Limoges enamel was usually applied on a copper base, but also sometimes on silver or gold. [5] Preservation is often excellent due to the toughness of the material employed, [5] and the cheaper Limoges works on copper have survived at a far greater rate than courtly work on precious metals, which were nearly all recycled for their materials at some point.
A mark is a written or imprinted symbol used to indicate some trait of an item, for example, its ownership or maker. [1] [2] Mark usually consists of letters, numbers, words, and drawings. [3] Inscribing marks on the manufactured items was likely a precursor of communicative writing. [4] Historically, the marks were used for few purposes: [5]
My Priest Among the Rich (French: Mon curé chez les riches) is a 1938 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Bach, Elvire Popesco and André Alerme. [1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier. It was based on the 1923 novel of the same title by Clément Vautel, the third film adaptation to be made. [2]
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Two US Navy SEALs drowned during a January raid on a vessel smuggling weapons to the Houthis. A new investigation outlines a string of failures that led to that fatal outcome.
A Hundred Francs a Second (French: Cent francs par seconde) is a 1953 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Henri Génès, Philippe Lemaire and Jeannette Batti. [1] It is a spin-off from the French radio game show of the same name. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani.