Monnerie Porcelain Factories M70
In 1793, Leonard Monnerie bought part of former Augustinian covent in Limoges and converted it to a porcelain factory. He was associated with the porcelain thrower Jean Joubert until 1796. From 1813 to 1817 the factory was leased to F. Alluaurd, and then it was closed.
The factory was reopened in 1819 by Leonard's son Laurent Monnerie and his son-in-law Jerome Lefevre, and they exhibited industrial products that year. In 1825 they moved to a new factory in Saint-Leonard de Noblat, near Limoges. The Limoges factory was sold to J.-B. Ruaud in 1840.
The Saint Leonard de Noblat factory, which had only one porcelain oven, was sold in 1835 to the porcelain decorator H. Hautin, who leased it to another decorator, Pierre Simon Jullien. Achille Jullien bought the factory from his father in 1862 and operated it until 1885, apparently rebuilding or renovating it c1880. From 1922 to 1963 the facilities were owned by Societe Porcelainiere Haute Tension, which produced porcelain parts needed for electric transmission lines. The building is now used as a carpentry shop.
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