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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bakersgma, post: 242590, member: 59&quot;]Hi again! I&#039;ll try to answer at least some of your questions.</p><p><br /></p><p>First - about patterns in flatware versus &quot;Hollowware.&quot; They often look different, even if they were intended to match. Think about the challenge the designer is facing - translating the flatware design (where a handle is a handle and that&#039;s all they need to cover) into decoration for bowls and pots and platters etc. Different shapes and sizes often mean the hollowware items have no places on which the replicate the flatware exactly. So they take the major elements and have to add complementary elements (that may not exist on the flatware) to make a cohesive piece. The same is true with the various pieces in a grooming set. Design elements that you need to use may end up in a slightly different place than they occupied on another piece. The element that convinced me that the clothes brush matched the hair brush is the circular cluster of flowers at the far end of the hair brush - 5 in a circle with a 6th in the center. That same cluster is on the far end of the clothes brush.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second - As for manufacturers of new items, I assume you mean brushes, combs and mirrors? I&#039;m not sure. Maybe someone else will know.</p><p><br /></p><p>Third - Replacements buys the pieces they sell. As far as I know they do not take consignments. In some cases they will &quot;hand-craft&quot; items that either did not exist when the pattern was in original production or to fill out the piece list in their inventory (they make those when ordered I believe.) How? By having handles in inventory that have been harvested from pieces with damage to the &quot;business end.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I really wish I could have found more of this particular pattern for you. At least you know what numbers to look for. It&#039;s a shame that the ebay sellers seem not to think the design numbers are important in their titles or descriptions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck with your search![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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