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<p>[QUOTE="TallCakes, post: 9534390, member: 107"]seems the Lincoln "Buff" china was researched by the Smithsonian Institution. The manufacturer is not known but the china was imported by the importer China Hall, a company owned by James K. Kerr of Philadelphia. As previously noted, the Lincoln set does not have a monogram or other decorations. This was used for non-state dinners: The design was extremely simple: A white plate, with a buff border edged in gilt lines. </p><p><br /></p><p>Assuming you do have a matching piece of Buff china, it may be that you have a piece of the same pattern, as the importer likely made it available to the masses.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_service_of_the_Lincoln_administration#The_second_(buff)_Lincoln_china_set" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_service_of_the_Lincoln_administration#The_second_(buff)_Lincoln_china_set" rel="nofollow">China service of the Lincoln administration - Wikipedia</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TallCakes, post: 9534390, member: 107"]seems the Lincoln "Buff" china was researched by the Smithsonian Institution. The manufacturer is not known but the china was imported by the importer China Hall, a company owned by James K. Kerr of Philadelphia. As previously noted, the Lincoln set does not have a monogram or other decorations. This was used for non-state dinners: The design was extremely simple: A white plate, with a buff border edged in gilt lines. Assuming you do have a matching piece of Buff china, it may be that you have a piece of the same pattern, as the importer likely made it available to the masses. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_service_of_the_Lincoln_administration#The_second_(buff)_Lincoln_china_set']China service of the Lincoln administration - Wikipedia[/URL][/QUOTE]
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