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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 120013, member: 56&quot;]It might be helpful if it were covering a flaw.&nbsp; With really early European porcelain the filtration of impurities was not always 100%, but the material was still too exotic to discard a piece for minor flaws, so tiny flaws on plated and such would be covered with a bit of hand painting - a bug or butterfly or blossom or some such.&nbsp; Having a bit of decoration serving such a purpose might help to indicate an earlier production.</p><p><br /></p><p>hey are beautiful and they certainly give me the impression of being old, nut I don&#039;t think the quality is up to Sevres standards.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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