Quality pieces often carry history with them.

Here is some history about LS and S Limoges.  He is superb and there are many others too.  Limoges is a town in France where many of the companies set up their production.

We have focused on Lazarus Straus and Sons Limoges for this article.  We also used wikipedia and Antique-Marks.com for information.

This rare antique Lazarus Straus and Sons Limoges teacup and saucer is hand painted. L S and S was active from 1895 to 1927 as a New York importer. There are soft scallops, gold trim and artistry in the delicate translucent set which was made by Limoges in France. Limoges is high quality and this piece belongs in a luxurious setting.

Straus was originally from Germany and he used his contracts to import German goods.

Read about him and some of his life: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_Straus This is interesting and somewhat surprising. The man was certainly able to adapt.

Limoges built its first porcelain factory a mere six years after the initial find of the kaolin.

The kaolin is combined with pulverized feldspar and quartz. Then a fine process of milling, pulverizing, heating, molding and firing begins. Europeans consider this product porcelain only if it retains a translucent quality.

Every piece can not meet the rigorous standards. Many crack or break during the process and must be discarded. What sets antique Limoges apart from other ceramic forms may be considered a technicality, but a necessary one to the creators of this art form. Chipped or cracks items have to go. They won’t meet the Limoges quality standards.

The end result of creating the Limoges porcelain piece is just the beginning of the process.

The shape is there, but an artisan then has to decorate the individual object and add the Limoges marks.

Once the artist completes his or her work using the special paints used on porcelain, the product goes through another firing process. This long production process is what makes Limoges porcelain collectible. By the end of the process, like snowflakes, no two products will turn out the same. So when a collector speaks of having a one-of-a-kind item, this will be the truth.

The real boost to Limoges Porcelain production came when royalty gave its seal of approval.

Shortly after the first Limoges factory was established, Louis XVI bought it. For a time, production was still limited due to restrictions on the production of porcelain products. The French Revolution brought an end to these restrictions and Limoges flourished in the wake.