ANTIQUE TRINKET BOX Atelier Camille Le Tallec France Porcelain Hand Painted Nicoletta Pourpre Pattern hotsell Heart Form

Vintage Atelier Camille Le Tallec Hand Painted Limoges France Heart Form Porcelain Trinket Box, "Nicoletta Pourpre" Gold Leaf. Beautiful Limoges trinket box hand painted by Atelier Le Tallec. The beautiful deep burgundy red porcelain is decorated with gold leaf applied leaves to highlight the gilt brass banded trim and a tiny flower clasp. Such a beautiful little treasure. Open the hinged lid to find a gilt painted flower within the lid and the base of the jar.

The base of the jar is signed in red, Le Tallec, Paris. This wonderful porcelain piece decorated hotsell by the Atelier Camille Le Tallec in Paris is signed by an LT motif in a Sèvres-like mark. Inside the LT motif is a letter M to indicate it was made in 1947. Also has artist initials AC. Also numbered #0148. The writing on the base is as beautiful as the painting.

The trinket box measures about 2 3/4" long, 2 1/4" wide by 1 1/4" high by 3/4" deep. Overall condition is very good for it's age. Has a nice aged patina on the brass trim. Hinge is nice and snug and in working order. No chips or cracks on the porcelain. There is some repair paint patches on the top of the box. 4 Tiny spots have been re painted. Beautiful antique collectable that would make a wonderful gift.

About the Artist:
Camille Le Tallec was born in Paris from Breton of Lorient and Picard ancestry. He graduated in 1929 from the prestigious École du Louvre in Paris with a thesis on the Nast porcelain of the 18th century. He then took over, in 1930, the familial hand-painted porcelain studio founded in Belleville (Paris) early in the century.

Rapidly, Le Tallec decided to continue in the tradition of the Vincennes porcelain and Sèvres porcelain, expanding the small and local business, the Atelier Le Tallec. In thirty years, the studio created hand-painted porcelain tablewares for famous individuals such as Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, Kings Mohammed V and Hassan II of Morocco, the Ville de Paris or the French Republic, amongst others.

In 1961, Le Tallec started a fruitful collaboration with the silver and jewelry firm Tiffany & Co. which led in 1990 to the Atelier Le Tallec's incorporation into the American company, one year before his death in Paris. Tiffany's and Le Tallec designed successful original and private porcelain patterns that can be seen both at the Viaduc des Arts of the promenade plantée in the 12th arrondissement of Paris and in all Tiffany's stores in the United-States.

Over 60 years, Le Tallec has maintained traditional hand-painted porcelain. He preserved and revisited about 375 original and historical patterns signed by the Le Tallec's marks. Atelier Le Tallec was inducted as a member of the Grands Ateliers de France (the fifty best studios in France) in 2000.

Le Tallec also acquired from 1935 to 1955 prestigious pieces of European porcelain. His exceptional collection was dispersed by auction in 1990, and some masterpieces acquired by international museums such as the Louvre, the musée de la Faïence de Marseille, and the musée de l'Île-de-France and various porcelain collectors.

He was a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur appointed in 1976 by a schoolmate of his: Edgar Faure, then president of the French National Assembly.