Lot 346: A Limoges France Cobalt Blue and Gilded Footed Porcelain Vase

A porcelain footed vase featuring a deep cobalt blue glaze and ornate gilded decoration. The vessel is of tapered form, set upon a flared circular foot with a gilded rim. The upper rim is decorated with a broad band of acid-etched or transfer-gilded scrolling foliate and fleur-de-lis motifs. The central body features a gilded transfer-printed scene depicting a courting couple in 18th-century attire within a landscape setting, signed LIMOGES in script. The interior is finished in a lighter blue glaze. The underside of the base bears a printed gold circular mark containing a stylized GRC monogram, surrounded by the words LIMOGES and FRANCE.