Topic: Shoe

[Elaine]

What do you think about Samson, Lynne?  I must admit I feel it is the sort of thing which would appeal to great-aunt! 

[josordoni]

The only Samson I have seen have been figurines, imitations of Chelsea, with anchor marks, rather than snuff boxes. 

However, when I first looked at your piece, I thought it looked very like Limoges, and was surprised to see the Sevres mark on it.  Have you seen this list of fake Sevres marks?  http://users.skynet.be/rutrene/marks21.html 

At the bottom of page 1, it states that Limoges did have pieces decorated at Sevres, and also used an imitation Sevres mark, so that is a possibility - the deep yellow is a typical Limoges colour, as is the use of the bunched flowers.  However these are also typical of Dresden Deutsche Blumen patterns, so again, interesting that some German makers also used the Sevres mark. 

[Elaine]

Yes, I did find that site, Lynne.  But it left me even more confused!   

My personal feeling is that it's a (hard-paste) copy; probably 19th century.  The painting, while all done by hand, is a little crude for a genuine Sevres, IMHO. 

I need to look at some more examples for comparison, I guess.   

Thanks to everyone who's contributed so far