 A manufactory at Limoges was placed under the patronage of the comte d'Artois, brother of Louis XVI, and was later purchased by the King in 1784, apparently with the idea of producing hard-paste bodies for decoration at Sèvres, although this never happened.After the French Revolution a number of private factories were established at Limoges, including Bernardaud, Haviland & Co. and Royal Limoges

Limoges maintains the position it established in the 19th century as the premier manufacturing city of porcelain in France.Counterfeiting of Limoges porcelain has been documented for decades.