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<p>[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 9555647, member: 76316"]Institutional...very far above <i>our</i> heads.</p><p>Part of the commission to design an' produce, say, 100 place-settings of that pattern would have been prohibition of any back-mark ID. Think European Union government in Brussels, or the French Language Police. You have it 'cause even in such an elevated situation...if the kitchen help didn't pilfer it, one of the Exalted Grandee's or his mistress did...an' you're the downstream beneficiary. Nice score![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 9555647, member: 76316"]Institutional...very far above [I]our[/I] heads. Part of the commission to design an' produce, say, 100 place-settings of that pattern would have been prohibition of any back-mark ID. Think European Union government in Brussels, or the French Language Police. You have it 'cause even in such an elevated situation...if the kitchen help didn't pilfer it, one of the Exalted Grandee's or his mistress did...an' you're the downstream beneficiary. Nice score![/QUOTE]
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