A morning in the Roaring Twenties on porcelain...
This charming egg set is a testament to the appeal of tableware in the interwar period. It is signed Balleroy & Cie, a Limoges decorating house active from 1913 to 1937, renowned for its colorful and poetic designs on white Limoges porcelain.
The set consists of an octagonal plate, a matching egg cup, and a salt shaker, all decorated with a stylized floral motif with a yellow border and gilded fillets, enhanced with graceful blue birds — a bucolic scene typical of the aesthetics of the 1920s-1930s.
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The stylized floral decoration, the bright yellow border, the gilded lines, and the exotic blue birds are typical of interwar aesthetics, combining late Art Nouveau with more modernist Art Deco influences.
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The decorative style clearly evokes the 1920s to 1930s, with its desire for bold colors and somewhat "exotic" or picturesque motifs that were all the rage in tableware at the time.
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The egg set format with integrated salt shaker on a cut-corner plate was very fashionable in the 1920s-1930s, especially in bourgeois homes or as a children's gift.
Ideal for collectors or for a breakfast with old-world charm, this set is an invitation to slow down time, to enjoy a soft-boiled egg as in days gone by.
🔸 Period: circa 1920-1930.
🔸 Origin: Limoges, France.
🔸 Signature: dark green stamp “BALLEROY & CIE – FRANCE”.
🔸 Dimensions :
- Tray: 14.7 cm x 10.2 cm,
- Egg cup: height 6 cm, diameter 4.7 cm,
- Salt shaker (and its original small cork stopper): height 4.7 cm, width 2.6 cm,
- Total weight: 136 g.
🔸 Condition: excellent, no chips, gilding well preserved.
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