LETU MAUGER selling FILS marked - ca 1880s Antique porcelain Holy water font - European Vintage

Holy water font by Mauger & Fils

A beautiful antique piece,
decorated with a child and an angel
the font is shell shaped

Origin: Paris France , late 1800s ( ca 1880 )
marked on the botom MF in a shield
and number I68

In good antique condition,
a chip on the right , a production crack at the font


SIZE
Height: 18 cm ( 7 1/8 inch )
Width: 8 cm
Depth 6 cm
Weight about 190 grams


A short history
This porcelain factory was established in 1863 by
Pierre-Henry MAUGER and Louis-Xavier LETU
in L'Isle Adam, in the old St Lazare farm ( an old leper colony).
They began by making shiny porcelain doll heads.
But are best known for their manufacture of porcelain religious objects.
For thirty years, this factory specializes in the production of religious objects
The 1860s was their "peak of popularity".
The production is stamped with the initials of the publishers,
M&L or L&M, (for MAUGER & LETU),
M&F (for MAUGER & Fils)
and finally M&P (for MAUGER selling Fils and PEZE).



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