In pieces involving more than one individual, we look for some interaction between the people, either in terms of their expression or activity. In some of the paintings, the emotions being expressed between two people are very real or they are meaningfully engaged in some joint activity. As with paintings of people, we expect paintings of animals, birds and fish that are intended to be lifelike to be well proportioned. When there are multiple birds set in a scene, for example, the painting should have depth, where birds and objects in the foreground look closer and are larger than those in the background. The setting is also important.
Some settings are quite detailed, containing water, building, flowers and other objects.
Many of the pieces for serving seafood are elaborately decorated and quite stunning, where the artist has used an abundance of bright colors with heavy use of gold accents, while maintaining a sense of the reality of the subject. Movement and the sense of danger or heightened awareness are also depicted in paintings of other animals as well. Two of the best Limoges artists in painting these subjects are Dubois and A. Broussillon. One of the other common decorating themes of Limoges porcelain is flowers. The majority of the dinnerware sets are decorated with floral transfers and gold highlights.