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proper noun

Limoges n.

A city of Southern France.

A variety of fine porcelain manufactured at Limoges (1); also called Limoges ware or Limoges China.

Limoges enamel, a kind of enamel ware in which the enamel is applied to the whole surface of a metal plaque, vase, or the like, and painted in enamel colors. The art was brought to a high degree of perfection in Limoges in the 16th century.

Limoges ware.

(a)

Articles decorated with Limoges enamel.

(b)

Articles of porcelain, etc., manufactured at Limoges.

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Etymology of 'Limoges'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Limoges" Quotes from Famous Books

... charmingly vivid little scene of a winding river, with the motto "Madenta flumine valles"; and it is not difficult to distinguish the appropriateness of the sprig of barley in the Mark of Hugues Barbon, Limoges. The Mark of Jacques Du Puys, Paris, was possibly suggested by the word puits (or well), and of which Puys is perhaps only a form: the picture at all events is a representation of Christ at the ...

— Printers' Marks - A Chapter in the History of Typography • William Roberts

... Vergniaud, born at Limoges, and an advocate at the bar of Bordeaux, was now in his thirty-third year, for the revolutionary movement had seized on and borne him along with its currents when very young. His dignified, calm, and unaffected ...

— History of the Girondists, Volume I - Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution • Alphonse de Lamartine

... September 14th, we left Paris for Limoges, arriving there at five P.M. We were given a reception by the mayor of the town and the president of the Chamber of Commerce at the Chamber of Commerce Rooms. We were driven through the town, across the River Vienne. We saw an ancient ...

— A Journey Through France in War Time • Joseph G. Butler, Jr.