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<p>[QUOTE="bluumz, post: 9707685, member: 649"]Beautiful plates!</p><p><br /></p><p>The motto is usually translated as "do what you must, come what may".</p><p>I agree that the initials appear to be SI or IS... ?something? Institute?... just guessing!</p><p><br /></p><p>The bee, a popular French symbol, along with the French motto makes it seem unlikely that the plates were produced for a British shipping line.</p><p>And would a shipping line purchase from a retailer like Osler rather than purchasing directly from a manufacturer?</p><p><a href="https://spodehistory.blogspot.com/p/spode-rms-titanic.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://spodehistory.blogspot.com/p/spode-rms-titanic.html" rel="nofollow">THIS</a> Spode History page says "Supplying shipping lines was a significant part of business for Spode, particularly under the Copelands" so I'd think WSL would have purchased directly from them, especially considering the amount of ware they'd need, and not from a retailer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bluumz, post: 9707685, member: 649"]Beautiful plates! The motto is usually translated as "do what you must, come what may". I agree that the initials appear to be SI or IS... ?something? Institute?... just guessing! The bee, a popular French symbol, along with the French motto makes it seem unlikely that the plates were produced for a British shipping line. And would a shipping line purchase from a retailer like Osler rather than purchasing directly from a manufacturer? [URL='https://spodehistory.blogspot.com/p/spode-rms-titanic.html']THIS[/URL] Spode History page says "Supplying shipping lines was a significant part of business for Spode, particularly under the Copelands" so I'd think WSL would have purchased directly from them, especially considering the amount of ware they'd need, and not from a retailer.[/QUOTE]
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