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<p>[QUOTE="IvaPan, post: 9524991, member: 78949"]<font size="4">Thank you, Any, your opinion matters a lot! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I did not know what it was, now as you said it, it obviously points to "triskelion", the symbol of progress and movement. Also the spiral frame is in line with it. </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Limoges, IMO, is something like Gablonz/Jablonec (for glass) or Gzhel (for porcelain) - as these are from the former Eastern block, I know them better. They represent a cluster of manufacturers in a specific area, so good at their work that the whole area becomes known for it (we also have analogues but no one outside BG would know about them). In this sense it is a trademark or brand, recognisable worldwide (or nationally). </font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="IvaPan, post: 9524991, member: 78949"][SIZE=4]Thank you, Any, your opinion matters a lot! :kiss::kiss::kiss: I did not know what it was, now as you said it, it obviously points to "triskelion", the symbol of progress and movement. Also the spiral frame is in line with it. Limoges, IMO, is something like Gablonz/Jablonec (for glass) or Gzhel (for porcelain) - as these are from the former Eastern block, I know them better. They represent a cluster of manufacturers in a specific area, so good at their work that the whole area becomes known for it (we also have analogues but no one outside BG would know about them). In this sense it is a trademark or brand, recognisable worldwide (or nationally). [/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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