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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dawnno, post: 598300, member: 10171&quot;]so, I&#039;m off on some speculation:&nbsp; Irish porcelain, ca 1920&#039;s.&nbsp;&nbsp; The poppy is a common Irish wildflower, and in fact was used after WWI to commemorate the fallen soldiers, and thus became a popular motif.[ATTACH=full]177697[/ATTACH]</p><p>The shamrock, well... obvious, and used in Irish porcelain hallmarks, including Wade, but also in German marks.&nbsp;&nbsp; the marks are so understated, it makes me think &#039;knock off&#039; or &#039;imitation&#039;, but there are what I think are model numbers painted on the inside cover, so again, &#039;mass&#039; produced product, without much intent to bring notoriety to the mark, but just &#039;coattail&#039; off its Irishness.&nbsp; &nbsp; The handpainting and coloring strike me as Bavarian type porcelain with the vibrant lilacs and gilding: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]177699[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>So I&#039;m satisified it&#039;s a survivor of something nothing special, so attribution is unnecessary: good enough, got most of the way.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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