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Ancien four à porcelaine G.D.A.

Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Four à porcelaine, avec le bâtiment l'abritant fait de deux édifices (cad. EM 295) : classement par arrêté du 6 juillet 1987
Protection dates
1987/07/06 : classé MH
Type
faïencerie
Main period of construction
4e quart 19e siècle
Dates
1884
Ownership
propriété d'une société privée
Address
28 rue Donzelot
Commune
Limoges
Département
Haute-Vienne
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.83214, 1.27252
Mérimée reference
PA00100348

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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1776 map "33 Limoges." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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Le four cylindrique à porcelaine, à flamme renversée, système Minton, à dix alandiers, fut construit en 1884 dans l'ancienne usine de porcelaine Gérard, Dufraisseix et Morel, issue d'une manufacture créée en 1816 par François Alluaud et dirigée entre 1876 et 1881 par Charles Field Haviland. L'adoption vers 1959 de la technique des fours tunnels à gaz entraîna son arrêt et permit de conserver cet important édifice en brique cerclée de fer, d'un diamètre de 7, 74 mètres, avec sa cheminée, et de garder le témoignage d'une ancienne technique.

English translation

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The cylindrical porcelain kiln, with reversed flame, Minton system, with ten openings, was constructed in 1884 in the former porcelain factory Gérard, Dufraisseix and Morel, stemming from a manufactory created in 1816 by François Alluaud and managed between 1876 and 1881 by Charles Field Haviland. The adoption around 1959 of the technique of tunnel kilns with gas led to its closure and allowed the preservation of this important brick building surrounded by iron bands, with a diameter of 7.74 metres, with its chimney, and preserved the evidence of an ancient technique.

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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