Camille Tharaud Limoges Porcelains T30

Camille Tharaud (1878-1956) was born into a family of Limoges porcelainieres. He opened a photographic and optical shop, but on his return from WWI in 1918, he became a potter. In 1920 he reopened the porcelain factory on Rue de Calvaire, Limoges, which had been established by Louis Tharaud in 1854, then abandoned in 1884.

At the Paris Art Deco exhibition in 1925 Tharaud showed designs by M. Goupy using high temperature decoration. He also decorated many shapes created by H. Rapin at Sevres. Tharaud became noted for use of high temperature colors; half his 70 employees were painters in high temperature colors. Production included vases, dishes, toys, and decorative panels.

Tharaud's son-in-law, Albert Goumot-Labesse, became head of production, but he left to start his own decorating studio in 1948. Tharaud's widow and children continued the company until 1968, when it closed.

Tharaud's technique was to glaze an unfired surface, then paint on another glaze with colored oxides and fire at 1410°C, first in a reducing atmosphere to improve the color of the body, then in a fully oxidizing atmosphere to bring out colors of the glaze. He achieved a wide range of browns, deep blue, lilac, grey, pink, emerald, yellow, and rust in his glazes.

Later in the 1900s there was a Goumot-Tharaud porcelain company using a Tharaud mark and employing 89 workers in 2000, when it was sold to R. Haviland and C. Parlon, who formed Dynasty Porcelaine, which went into liquidation in 2003.

Camille Tharaud Marks and Limoges Boxes

Mark #116, green or impressed porcelain mark, 1920-1968

Mark #117, porcelain mark, 1920-1968

Mark #6, gree, blue or gold decoration mark, 1920s-

We do not know if Camille Tharaud made any Limoges boxes.

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