{"title":"White Porcelain","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is an elegance in white porcelain that has never aged. This collection gathers antique plates, serving dishes, soup tureens, cups, pitchers and decorative pieces... all united by the quiet purity of timeless white.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrance brought this art to an exceptional level through Limoges, renowned for its durable porcelain. Porcelain of Paris and  other regional factories that each left their mark. Some pieces are smooth and restrained, while others are delicately molded: shaped with a curved handle or a subtle decorative detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany carry a maker’s mark on the underside, recording their origin and era. Others show fine crazing, gentle wear or the soft traces of years of use. These details give antique white porcelain its depth and authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDisplayed alone, gathered as a collection or brought to the table... white porcelain pairs beautifully with almost every style. It brings a luminous, quiet brightness to a table or interior. It is the kind of elegance that never goes out of fashion.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"limoges-porcelain-teacup-and-saucer-service-for-twelve","title":"Vintage French Limoges Demitasse Service | Lafarge \u0026 Cie Porcelain | Service for 12","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter a long French lunch, the smallest cups often carry the most pleasure. This vintage French Limoges demitasse service was made for exactly that moment: twelve little cups of coffee, twelve matching saucers, and that quiet pause at the end of the meal when nobody is quite ready to leave the table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe service includes twenty-four pieces total, with twelve porcelain demitasse cups and twelve matching saucers. The cups have softly fluted sides, delicate molded floral relief around the lower body, and sculpted scroll handles picked out with gilt. The saucers repeat the same sense of movement, with scalloped rims and low relief decoration that catches the light without becoming too busy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pieces are marked L\u0026amp;Cie Limoges France in green, with a red Porcelaine Lafarge \u0026amp; Cie Limoges France mark below. Lafarge \u0026amp; Cie was one of the Limoges porcelain manufacturers working in the long tradition of French table porcelain. Based on the mark, style and decoration, I would place this service in the 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe decoration is all about the gold. Each cup and saucer has a hand-applied gilt rim, with additional gilt highlights on the handles and shaped edges. The gold has worn naturally in places from age, handling and use, especially around the rims where fingers met porcelain over many years. That uneven wear is part of the beauty here. It makes the service feel used, loved and real.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe white porcelain remains bright and elegant, giving the gold decoration a lovely warmth. It has that classic Limoges balance: refined enough for a formal table, but still made to be used. The full service has that satisfying feeling of a set that stayed together, twelve cups and twelve saucers still ready for coffee after lunch or dessert at the end of dinner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, it would be wonderful for espresso after dinner, coffee after Sunday lunch, or a small dessert service with chocolates, fruit or something sweet from the bakery. Stacked in a French country dresser, the scalloped saucers and gilded rims create such a pretty rhythm. It is a generous Limoges coffee service, still ready to gather twelve people around the table for one more little cup.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52408526373207,"sku":"POR-051","price":690.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/lafarge-limoges-france-porcelain-teacups-and-saucers-gold-rim-set-2.jpg?v=1766584853"},{"product_id":"vintage-yellow-ceramic-butter-dishes","title":"Vintage French Butter Pots | Pair of Cream Glazed Beurriers | Mid 20th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis pair of antique French butter pots was made for the table, and it shows. Small, well proportioned, and finished in a soft yellow glaze... these little beurriers were the kind of set you would find on a hotel breakfast tray or a country table in the South of France through the middle of the last century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach pot is just under 7 cm across, with a low rounded body and a domed lid that sits cleanly on top. Likely produced between 1940 and 1960, consistent with regional French stoneware of the period. No maker's mark visible in available images, though one base shows a faint green ink stamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUp close, the cream glaze on these vintage French individual butter pots has the soft, slightly uneven surface that comes from genuine age and use. There are tiny glaze irregularities here and there, light wear around the rims and bases, and the quiet patina of pots that have enjoyed being used.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheir size is great. They feel personal. One for each place setting... or one for butter and one for jam. You can picture them on a breakfast tray beside a basket of warm croissants and a pot of coffee. Yum. They are ready to come to your kitchen next.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52586986504535,"sku":"TWE-021","price":85.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/vintage-french-ceramic-butter-dishes-set-of-two-2.jpg?v=1768913214"},{"product_id":"vintage-french-footed-lions-head-bowl-set","title":"Antique French Lion Head Soup Bowls | White Porcelain Pair | Early to Mid 20th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eA pair of antique French lion head soup bowls in white glazed porcelain, the kind of set that has been quietly serving onion soup in French bistros for the better part of a century. Likely produced in France in the early to mid 20th century. The form is a classic, with a deep pedestal body, two banded ridges around the upper portion, and a pair of applied lion mask handles (têtes de lion) on either side. No maker's mark visible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese antique French porcelain bowls were built for the table and used at it. The glaze is bright and clean inside and out, the lion heads are crisply molded with good detail. They have lived a life and they wear it well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA pair of antique French onion soup bowls like this is the easiest way to bring a Parisian bistro feel to a Sunday lunch at home. Fill them with French onion soup under a cap of bubbling gruyère, or use them for dips, amuse-bouches, individual gratins, or a small dessert. Stack the two on a kitchen shelf and they bring a quiet bit of Provence to the room every time you walk past. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52640437469527,"sku":"POR-054","price":140.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/traditional-french-ceramic-lion-head-bistro-soup-bowls-2.jpg?v=1769434143"},{"product_id":"cream-colored-french-porcelain-terrine-sunburst-base","title":"Antique French Porcelain Terrine | Cream Glazed Pâté Dish | Early 20th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique French porcelain terrine is a beautifully understated example of classic French tableware from the early 20th century. The rectangular form, softened by canted corners and raised on a stepped foot, is topped with a lightly domed fitted lid finished with a small mushroom shaped knop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDesigned for both preparation and presentation, the shape reflects the enduring practicality and elegance of traditional French charcuterie service pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe body appears to be crafted in fine French porcelain or faïence fine (refined earthenware), finished in a warm ivory glaze with the soft tonal depth rarely found in modern production ceramics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAround the lid, an oval band of beaded relief frames the central knop, adding a subtle decorative note without overwhelming the simplicity of the terrine. Turn the piece over and a molded sunburst motif radiates across the underside, another thoughtful detail revealing the quality of the original workshop. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKnown as a terrine à pâté (pâté terrine), pieces like this would once have held country pâtés, rillettes, and preserved meats destined for long farmhouse lunches and gatherings around the table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether used today for serving charcuterie, displayed among collected French ceramics, or simply resting on open shelving beside linen and stoneware, this antique French terrine brings quiet refinement and a sense of culinary tradition into the home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52640983744855,"sku":"POR-055","price":276.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/traditional-french-cream-ceramic-porceline-lidded-terrine-2.jpg?v=1769434854"},{"product_id":"mid-century-white-porcelain-coffee-cups-by-hutschenreuther","title":"Vintage Hutschenreuther Espresso Cups and Saucers | German Porcelain Demitasse Set of Six","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter-dinner coffee gets its own little ceremony with a set like this. Six matching vintage Hutschenreuther espresso cups and saucers bring that clean, confident German porcelain look to the table: simple white glaze, balanced proportions and just enough shape to make the service feel considered without becoming fussy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis demitasse set was made by Hutschenreuther, one of the respected Bavarian porcelain houses, founded in Hohenberg in 1814. Each piece carries the green Hutschenreuther Germany lion mark on the underside, with 1814 referring to the founding date of the company rather than the production date of this set. The mark and style place the service in the late 20th century, likely around the late 1970s to 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe cups have a slightly tapered form, small loop handles and a soft molded band near the rim. The saucers are simple and low, with a clean central well for the cup. Everything is white, which is part of the appeal here. It makes the set easy to mix with French ironstone, silver spoons, linen napkins or a more modern breakfast table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe set includes six cups and six matching saucers, twelve pieces total. The porcelain is in good vintage condition, with light surface wear and small base marks consistent with age and use. The glaze remains bright and even, and the full service has that satisfying feeling of a set that stayed together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eToday, these would be wonderful for espresso after lunch, coffee after dinner, or a small breakfast tray with toast, butter and jam. They also look beautiful stacked on an open shelf where the white porcelain can keep the kitchen feeling clean and collected. Simple, useful and nicely made, with that easy European café feeling built in.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52826482966871,"sku":"POR-032","price":185.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/german-porcelain-demitasse-cups-and-saucers-hutschenreuther-2.jpg?v=1771490677"},{"product_id":"french-porcelain-cake-plate-with-blue-forget-me-not-flowers","title":"Vintage French Cake Plate | Berry Limoges Porcelain | Blue Floral","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis vintage French cake plate is simple, elegant and beautiful. Made in Limoges by Berry Haute Porcelaine and decorated by Création L. Lourioux, it was designed for the final course of the meal... delivering a tart, gâteau, or plate of fruit to the table to be shared among friends. The result is a serving piece that feels elegant without feeling formal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe decoration is restrained with some sprays of blue flowers stretched across the white porcelain. They are painted with a light hand and intentionally offset from one another rather than arranged symmetrically. Around the edge, a deeply molded lattice border is interrupted by four floral cartouches in relief, creating just enough texture to catch the light without overwhelming the design. At thirty centimetres across, the platter has a nice size that makes it equally suited to serving as well as display.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is ready for use today. Place it in the center of the table with an apple tart, a clafoutis, or a simple cake dusted with sugar and it feels like an elevated experience. When the meal is over, place on a stand on a shelf or console table, waiting for the next gathering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood Limoges porcelain has a way of moving easily between everyday use and special occasions. This platter does exactly that.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52827179581783,"sku":"POR-012","price":110.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/french-porcelain-cake-dish-blue-forget-me-not-flowers-2.jpg?v=1771498857"},{"product_id":"antique-french-limoges-aluminite-bowl-f-r-g-mark","title":"Antique French Aluminite Bowl | Frugier Limoges | Early 20th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eSome pieces earn their place by being useful. This antique Frugier serving bowl did exactly that for generations. Made in Limoges and stamped Aluminité F.R.G. Limoges France on the underside, it comes from René Frugier's early 20th-century line of high-fired porcelain designed to move comfortably from oven to table. While most Aluminité pieces you encounter are casseroles, gratins, or cooking vessels, finding a serving bowl in this size is far less common.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat I like most is the restraint. No decoration, no gilding, no attempt to dress it up. Just a beautifully proportioned white porcelain bowl with a broad rolled rim and a shallow basin that makes it incredibly useful. The glaze has held up beautifully, and the clean lines feel just as relevant today as they did when it left Limoges. Sometimes simple pieces are the hardest to find because they were used the most.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet it out for a Sunday lunch piled high with potatoes, plate a beautiful Cobb salad for lunch with friends, or overload it with roasted vegetables at dinner... this is a workhorse of a dish. It sits equally well filled with lemons on the counter between meals. It is functional, well-made and still doing its job a century later.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52930145681751,"sku":"POR-003","price":195.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/antique-french-limoges-aluminite-white-bowl-2.jpg?v=1772639872"},{"product_id":"french-copper-saucepan-with-porcelain-insert-by-afilco-for-bain-marie-cooking","title":"Antique French Copper Bain Marie | Apilco Porcelain Insert | Mid 20th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis vintage French bain marie is a complete three piece set with all original components present and ready to use... but if you prefer it is a showpiece for any copper collection on its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lower copper saucepan is stamped Made in France, with the porcelain insert by Apilco bearing the classic green Porcelaine a Feu France backstamp on its underside. It has likely been produced in the mid 20th century, consistent with other copper cookware of that period utilizing Apilco ceramics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe construction is exactly what you want in a piece like this. Hand spun copper exterior on the lower saucepan, riveted bronze handles with the warm patina that only develops over decades. But it's the heavy white porcelain bowl with copper collar that gives this cookware so much character. The domed copper lid finished with a brass acorn finial fits both pots. It is a beautifully crafted piece of French copper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA vintage Apilco double boiler like this one was the working tool of every serious French kitchen. Melted chocolate, hollandaise, custards... everything that make French cooking what it is. Well, all of them passed through pots like this one. Now it is ready to do that work in your kitchen, or sit on a shelf as the centerpiece of a copper collection. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAsk about our French patina finishing service. It’s a specialty cleaning treatment that brings a warm, lustrous shine to your copper. Contact us directly for pricing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53141781709143,"sku":"COP-013","price":395.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/traditional-french-copper-pot-with-porcelain-liner-afilco-france-cookware-2.jpg?v=1774804458"},{"product_id":"classic-french-white-and-gilt-coffee-service-with-elegant-loop-handle-cups","title":"Antique French Limoges Tea Service | Bernardaud Porcelain | 26 Pieces c.1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eA full tea service changes the whole feeling of a table. This antique French Limoges tea service by Bernardaud has that crisp, elegant presence that makes even a simple afternoon tea feel considered: white porcelain, fine gold lines, graceful handles and enough pieces to actually serve a gathering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe set includes twenty-six pieces in total: one teapot, one lidded sugar bowl, one creamer, eleven cups and twelve saucers. The porcelain was made by L. Bernardaud et Cie in Limoges, one of the great French porcelain houses. The pieces carry the green underglaze B\u0026amp;Cº Limoges France mark, consistent with Bernardaud production around 1900 to 1914, before “Made in France” became standard on many export pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe shapes are beautifully restrained. Vertical fluting runs around the upper bodies, cup walls and lid skirts, while the lower sections are left smooth so the porcelain still feels calm and clean. The cups have elegant ring loop handles, while the teapot, sugar bowl and creamer have ribbon-like handles picked out in gold. The whole service has a lovely balance of refinement and usefulness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe decoration is simple, but very well judged. A fine gold band follows each rim, with a second gold line at the shoulder where the fluting begins. The saucers have gently scalloped edges traced in gold, and the teapot and sugar bowl lids are finished with gold-painted ring finials. Inside the teapot spout, there is an integrated seven-hole strainer, a practical table detail that reminds you this was made to be used, not just admired.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe set shows gentle age and use, including gilt wear along the handles and at some cup and saucer rims, exactly where hands meet porcelain over time. That wear gives the service its credibility. It has been handled, served from, washed, stacked and kept, which is what makes old table porcelain feel alive. One cup has likely been lost along the way, but the service remains generous, coherent and very usable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eToday, it would be beautiful for afternoon tea, coffee service, a special breakfast, or displayed in a French country dresser where the white porcelain and gold lines can catch the light. It brings that quietly elegant Limoges feeling to the table: refined, useful, and still ready for the next long conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53162986438999,"sku":"POR-049","price":1125.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/vintage-french-porcelain-tea-set-gold-trim-cups-saucers-service-2.jpg?v=1774892118"},{"product_id":"vintage-french-coffee-cup-set-by-cnp-in-timeless-white","title":"Vintage French Porcelain Mazagran Coffee Cups | CNP Tradition France | Set of 12","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwelve matching French mazagrans means coffee can actually be served the way it should be. That is the charm of this set. Simple white porcelain, clean café lines, no handles, and just enough height to make each cup feel a little more special than an ordinary coffee cup. You can imagine them lined up after lunch, filled with strong coffee while the table is still covered with plates, crumbs, linen and conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese vintage French mazagran coffee cups are made in white glazed porcelain, each with a tapered cup shape set on a short pedestal foot. A mazagran is a traditional French café cup, often used for coffee served without a handle, meant to be held simply and comfortably in the hand. The shape is practical, but it also has that unmistakable bistro feeling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe underside of each cup carries the green Tradition CNP France mark. CNP stands for Compagnie Nationale de Porcelaine, a porcelain producer based in Vierzon, in the Berry region of central France. The marks place the set in the mid to late 20th century, making this a vintage French café service rather than an antique one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe glaze is clean and even across the set, with light surface wear consistent with use. The cups stack neatly, which is always a good practical detail, and the full set of twelve has a different feeling than just one or two surviving examples. It still has the sense of service built into it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eToday, they would be wonderful for morning coffee, espresso after lunch, or a relaxed breakfast table with bread, butter and jam. They would also look beautiful stacked on an open kitchen shelf beside white ironstone, café bowls, old silver or French linen. Simple, useful and full of that everyday French café charm.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53280244171095,"sku":"POR-026","price":235.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/apilco-france-white-porcelain-egg-cups-pedestal-set-2.jpg?v=1775835517"},{"product_id":"antique-french-mazagran-cups-limoges-porcelain-set-of-four","title":"Antique French Mazagran Cups | Limoges Porcelain | Set of Four","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is something very French about coffee served in a cup with no handle. These vintage French Limoges mazagran cups have that clean café feeling immediately: tall white porcelain, simple pedestal feet and a shape made to be held in the hand after lunch, when the table has not quite been cleared and conversation is still going.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe history of the mazagran is part of the charm. Before it became the name of the cup, mazagran referred to a drink linked to the Algerian town of Mazagran in the 19th century. French soldiers are said to have drunk a mixture of coffee, water and eau-de-vie there, and the habit later spread in France as coffee taken \"à la Mazagran.\" The name eventually passed to the tall ceramic vessel itself: a footed cup, usually without a handle, made for coffee served slowly and often shared at the end of a meal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis set of four was likely produced in the mid 20th century, and each cup is marked LIMOGES France on the underside. The form is beautifully simple. Each cup rises from a short pedestal foot into a tall, gently flared body with a clean rim and bright white glaze. The porcelain feels substantial in the hand, and all four pieces match neatly as a set.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cups stand approximately 14 cm tall, with a rim diameter of approximately 7 cm. The glaze is bright and even, with light surface wear consistent with age and use. The absence of handles gives them such a strong silhouette, somewhere between bistro coffee cup and small porcelain goblet. They are simple, but they have real presence when grouped together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, they would be wonderful for coffee after Sunday lunch or a quiet morning table with bread, butter and jam. They would also look beautiful lined up on an open kitchen shelf beside French ironstone, silver spoons or old café bowls. A small set, but full of that everyday French ritual of coffee, conversation and taking a little more time at the table.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53501531783511,"sku":"POR-027","price":260.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/antique-french-limoges-porcelain-mazagran-cups-set-four-2.jpg?v=1778265217"},{"product_id":"antique-french-coffee-pot-frugier-aluminite-limoges-early-20th-century","title":"Antique French Limoges Coffee Pot | Frugier Aluminite Porcelain Cafetière | Early 20th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eMorning coffee feels a little more ceremonial when it comes from a pot like this. This antique French Limoges coffee pot has that clean white porcelain, tall elegant shape and hinged lid that immediately makes the breakfast table feel more thoughtful. It is refined, but still practical, made for the daily ritual of pouring coffee slowly rather than rushing through the morning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis cafetière, or coffee pot, was made by Frugier in Limoges in the early 20th century. The base is marked Aluminite Frugier Limoges France Déposé, with the number 4 indicating its size in the Frugier range. René Frugier founded his Limoges factory in 1895 after training at Sèvres, and Aluminite was developed as a heat-resistant porcelain made for kitchen and table use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe shape is really beautiful. The lower body is rounded and generous, then rises into a tall cylindrical neck with a fitted lid. The long swan-neck spout gives the whole piece a graceful line, while the scrolled side handle balances the height of the form. The lid is attached to the handle with a small brass hinge, so it lifts neatly without being set down separately. It is a small practical detail, but such a good one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe porcelain is bright white and substantial in the hand, with light age visible around the rim, base and unglazed foot. The underside carries the Frugier mark clearly, and the brass hinge has developed the darker tone you expect from age. Although Aluminite was originally designed for heat resistance, I would treat this antique example with care today and avoid placing it directly over a modern flame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eToday, it would be beautiful on a breakfast table, open shelf or kitchen dresser beside old cups, linen napkins, silver spoons and a stack of well-loved books. It brings a quiet French café feeling into the room: white porcelain, warm coffee, and that lovely moment before the day begins.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53504085885271,"sku":"SWE-004","price":255.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/antique-french-coffee-pot-frugier-aluminite-limoges-early-20th-century-2.jpg?v=1778345024"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/collections\/white-porcelain-collection.jpg?v=1781874225","url":"https:\/\/theprovencecollection.com\/collections\/white-porcelain.oembed","provider":"The Provence Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}