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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JB Miller, post: 8358959, member: 2476&quot;]Your Pickard plates have their mark that was used from 1905-1910. You&#039;ll notice they&#039;re signed M. Keates. That was Madeline Keates, who worked at Pickard from 1905-1910. She was 13 when she started and left at 18. Her father, Alfred Keates, also worked at Pickard, from 1903-1910. It&#039;s unusual to find any of her work. There are some Pickard pieces on the internet signed Keates, those are Alfred&#039;s work. There&#039;s currently a listing on ebay for one of Madeline&#039;s Pickard pieces(it&#039;s listed with another piece by another Pickard artist).</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m attaching a scan from the book &#039;Collector&#039;s Encyclopedia of Pickard China&#039; by Alan Reed. Page 144 shows the pattern called &#039;Blossom Time&#039;, the plate is a JPL blank like yours. One of the pieces is signed M. Keates. The values shown are outdated(from 2000) and as others have stated many of these pieces no longer bring a good price.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]427026[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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