{Early 1900s French Camille Tharaud Limoges pâte-sur-pâte plaque}

A very rare gem is this early 1900s French Camille Tharaud Limoges pâte-sur-pâte enameled porcelain plaque with oval ormolu frame. It was available at my Zen Cart powered on line boutique: Mariette's Back to Basics. It does have an easel to stand on and would make a beautiful display. Scroll down to see more photos and also some similar items that were sold at Christie's.

This enameled porcelain pâte-sur-pâte plaque from Camille Tharaud Limoges was very difficult to photograph...

The frame is in gilt metal, a technique called Ormolu.

Here it is on a blue batik tablecloth, outside on the balcony.

This one is also on the balcony...

Always some reflection in the shiny enameled porcelain.

This is taken inside on our French oak table in the dining room.

The green marks Limoges France

In gold C (Camille) Tharaud Limoges France

Also the easel is visible here. All in perfect condition.

Closeup of the French marks. It can also be hung from the loop.

This is a smal Limoges pâte-sur-pâte plaque that was sold by Christie's A SMALL LIMOGES PATE-SUR-PATE PLAQUE. It yielded $ 813 in December of 2008. For sure that made a perfect Christmas gift to someone!

Another Limoges pâte-sur-pâte rectangular plaque sold in 1998 at Christie's for $ 672, see Christie's A Limoges pâte-sur-pâte rectangular plaque

Another sold at Christie's in 2003 for $ 5,019 see: Christie's A LIMOGES PÂTE-SUR-PÂTE BLUE-GROUND RECTANGULAR PLAQUE 

This is a scan from page 137 of my book: ART DECO LIMOGES Camille Tharaud and other ceramists

Keith & Thomas Waterbrook-Clyde see here at Amazon.

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{Vintage French Limoges Lampe Berger by Camille Tharaud}

As promised on August 30, that I would list the other two rose enameled Lampe Berger lamps in about two weeks, here is finally the second one. From France again, comes this beauty of a Lampe Berger with an artful Anémones bottle, this time done by Camille Tharaud 1963-1971. On page 134 of the book Lampes Berger: A Century of History by Gérald Vilcocq you can read more about the history of Charles Ahrenfeldt and Camille Tharaud; as both have made this lamp. It is a stunning bottle and in perfect condition as well; complete with ajoured brass crown, snuff cap and burner wick. That is remarkable for such a lamp, being half a century old! This Camille Tharaud Limoges lamp is slightly taller than those with the same roses from Charles Ahrenfeldt. This was available at  my Zen Cart powered on line botuique: Mariette's Back to Basics. 

Tomorrow's post, I will show you a video from Lampe Berger: LIVE IN AIR YOU LOVE.

Beautiful raised enamel work!

Anémones on page 134 of the book.
Anemone tomentosa Robustissima is the botanical name of these flowers.
Also called Japanese Anemone, Windflower. 

Monsieur Gérald Vilcocq shows this on page 134 of his book.

A detail of the Anémones...

Part of the back side, beautiful detail too.

C Tharaud (for Camille Tharaud) with Limoges France and Berger made in France Limoges. All in gold with the initials CA to the side.

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On the side of the brass neck is engraved: Made in France. And on the opposite side: Lampe Berger.

 

This is the book I got from publisher NOÈME

I could not scan that part, as this hard cover is too large, but it is written under the Lampe Berger at the bottom.

Lampes Berger: A Century of History ˿ link to book.

 
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• 1930s Camille Tharaud Limoges Shaker for dusting YOUR Cappuccino's with Cocoa (mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com)

{1920s Limoges Camille Tharaud pâte sur pâte Angel Boxes}

Camille Tharaud  born in France in 1878 was probably the most important artist ever for making Limoges Enameled Elegance.  He also mastered pâte sur pâte, or literally translated: paste on paste. The translation paste on paste however is misleading. The dark tint of the cobalt blue used for these jewelry boxes makes these pâte sur pâte objects so striking. They are finely painted and hand tooled on white slip. Tharaud's conception of the grand feu ̶ a single firing of an enameled piece at 1400 degrees ̶ literally locks the enamel decoration into the porcelain, permanently capturing the intended colors and decorating effects in one fell swoop. You can read more on page 17 of the 2009 high gloss book Deco Décor by Donald-Brian Johnson Leslie Piña. For you I do have three very special Camille Tharaud oval Limoges boxes with pâte sur pâte enameled angel reliefs. All three Camille Tharaud boxes are available at my Zen Cart powered on line boutique: Mariette's Back to Basics. They measure each 7" x 4½"

Angular shaped oval box with angel relief by Camille Tharaud, Limoges and in perfect shape!

Detail of the pâte sur pâte and also of the intricate gold painting all around the lid and bottom.

In the center, above the gold painting, you can see the CT (Camille Tharaud) initials and below Limoges. Very hard to capture on camera however...

On the bottom of the box is a green colored Camille Tharaud mark with Made in France above and Limoges France below.

An additional CT mark in gold with France Limoges above and below.

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Another beautiful cobalt blue oval Camille Tharaud Limoges box in pâte sur pâte and in perfect shape.

This one has top and bottom both done in cobalt blue enameled porcelain. Again it shows frolicking angels on some clouds and they seem to release a dove from a bird cage...

The gold decoration is in perfect shape as is of the other two oval boxes.

On the lid it does show the initials CT and Limoges

The bottom of he box shows Camille Tharaud's signature in green and Made in France above and Limoges France below.

This is the third Camille Tharaud Limoges box in pâte sur pâte with angels and again, in perfect condition. This too has a white with gold bottom part.

You can see the initials CT on the lid with the word Limoges underneath written into the clouds.

Here you see the signature even better.

In blue there is a mark Limoges and below that, you read France above the initials CT in gold with Limoges underneath.

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This was all I had to show about the pâte sur pâte angels on cloud nine. Hope you enjoyed it!

Above are two vases from Camille Tharaud with an angel cameo. I did scan this from page 53 of my 2009 book Deco Décor (you see the link + image to the left below this post). This set of vases is estimated at $ 1500 - 1800!

Christie's did auction off this heavenly plaque of pâte sur pâte by another artist, signed M. Chaufriasse Limoges. That sold on April 24 of 2003 for $ 5,019! 

This high quality hard cover book I can highly recommend! Pages are all in high gloss with excellent photos: Deco Décor by Donald-Brian Johnson Leslie Piña.

{1930s Camille Tharaud Limoges Shaker for dusting YOUR Cappuccino's with Cocoa}

Today I like to share a great tip with you for using Dutch processed Cocoa to dust off your Cappuccino! Here I show a 1930s French Camille Tharaud Limoges Shaker that is just perfect for that purpose!

The Blue, White and Gold stripes will blend with almost any type of china. If you want to copy this, make sure to fill your shaker with the best cocoa around, my all time favorite, also for baking, is Droste Cocoa! Available Vander Veen's The Dutch Store. 

For a decorative or romantic touch, you can use a heart shaped stencil for dusting your cocoa.

1930s Art Deco Camille Tharaud Limoges Shaker you also can see at French porcelaine. Further it is in the Art Deco Limoges Camille Tharaud and other Ceramists book on page 78. I will place a link and picture beside this post. This rare 1930s shaker is available at: Spectrenoir.

The 1930s Camille Tharaud Limoges shaker is shown here on a Japanese tray with a cup & saucer in a Royal Doulton English Rose pattern. Just click on the name to go to Replacements Ltd for this 1930s china.

Spoon is gold plated and from Douwe Egberts, in The Netherlands. With such a gold rim china I love to use those 4" French gold foil lace doilies.

Here the Camille Tharaud Limoges shaker is shown with some more English Rose china from Royal Doulton, and also some Christofle pieces.

Camille Tharaud Limoges shaker together with the Christofle toast rack that I have shown here.

This precious shaker is in perfect shape; no damage whatsoever and the gold is not faded either.

Here the Camille Tharaud shaker is shown together with page 78 in the book.

This 2005 book is a Schiffer Book for Collectors With Price Guide

Hope you learned something about how to use a shaker for Cocoa.

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