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Bernardaud: How One Family Is Keeping The Art Of Limoges Porcelain Alive

An ​artisan at the Bernardaud manufacture checking a porcelain cup.
An artisan at the Bernardaud manufacture checking a porcelain cup for imperfections. Bernardaud/IG

While most of its competitors, crushed by competition from Asia, have closed their doors, this family company founded in Limoges in 1863 has never been doing so well thanks to to collaborations with artists and starred chefs, as well as some unexpected uses.

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Were Ancient Greeks The Original Recyclers?

Terracotta depicting a ploughman, circa 530 BC
Terracotta depicting a ploughman, circa 530 BC Louvre's Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman antiquities

A common archaeological theory holds that ancient Greeks threw their trash in the fields, which would explain the abundance of ceramic shards. But a dissenting narrative has emerged.

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