Limoges Porcelain Table Service 140 Pieces, Art Deco Period

Table service in Limoges porcelain 140 pieces, dodecagons,
white background enhanced with a decoration of stylized roses in colors
The borders are underlined with a platinum net.
Art Deco period (between 1928 & 1933).
Made in Limoges by JEAN CHAPUS & FILS. Decorated by Michelaud Lucien in Limoges manufacturer decorator (practiced from 1908 to 1952).
All the pieces bear two stamps, that of the manufacturer and that of the decorator.
(with the exception of the trivet which only bears the CHAPUS & FILS brand).

composed of:

• 36 flat plates - ø 24.80 cm 26 soup plates - ø 25 cm
• 36 dessert plates - ø 21.80 cm
• 2 presentation plates - ø 23.80 cm – HT: 9 cm
• 1 bowl on foot - ø 23.50 cm – HT: 14.20 cm
• 2 oval dishes - 37.30 cm x 24.50 cm & 42.50 cm x 28.40 cm
• 2 round dishes - ø 28.80 cm & ø 31.80 cm
• 1 deep dish - ø 28.50 cm - HT: 5.20 cm
• 1 salad bowl - ø 27 cm – HT: 9.20 cm
• 1 sauce boat with sticky tray - 25.20 cm x 14.80 cm – HT: 8.20 cm
• 2 shuttles - 24.50 cm x 13.60 cm
• 1 covered vegetable dish - 18.30 cm x 31.30 cm – HT: 15 cm
• 1 covered tureen - 21 cm x 35.30 cm – HT: 16.80 cm
• 1 underside of dish - ø 23.20 cm
• coffee service including: a coffee maker, a sugar bowl & a milk jug
• 12 coffee cups with saucers

1 chip under a soup plate on the edge- 1 chip on the edge of a cup and saucer
the rest in good condition, without cracks or chips.
Some traces of use & cooking defects.
Total weight before packaging approximately: 53 kg.

Jean Chapus bought the porcelain factory, called the Saint-Gence factory, from the Raynaud et Compagnie company in 1928 located at 49, avenue Montjovis in Limoges. Associated with his three sons René, Marcel and Louis, the company name becomes JEAN CHAPUS & FILS. In 1933 the company name became Porcelaines CHAPUS FRERES following the death of JEAN CHAPUS.
ASTRAL: decoration stamp accompanying the manufacturer's stamp of Chapus et fils.
Lucien MICHELAUD then the sons had a decoration workshop which they operated from 1908 to 1952.