CIRCA 1900, IMPRESSED AR MONOGRAM AND GRAND FEU LIMOGES MARK, SIGNED A.(UGUSTE) RIFFATERRE, LIMOGES

Auguste Riffaterre is recorded as a student at the Municipal School, Limoges in the late 1880's. See Bernard Bumpus, Pâte-sur-Pâte, The Art of Ceramic Relief Decoration, 1849-1992, p. 88-89 and fig. 55 for another example of his work. Also see an anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 12 March 1997, lot 121 for similar examples