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<p>[QUOTE="Frank, post: 964469, member: 5421"]My wife and I are seriously downsizing, which means I'm refining my small collection. I inherited these two platters, but I don't know anything about them. The larger of the two (shown first) has been in the family since before living memory. The family story is that it's an ancestor of mine, in Virginia. It's 19 3/4 by 16 1/2 inches, and has an ancient repair. I'd like to know it's age, and who the maker might be.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second is by Limoges, but I don't know enough about Limoges to determine the age. I'm hoping the collective wisdom here can help me with that. It may or may not stay with me.[ATTACH=full]204459[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]204460[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]204461[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]204462[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]204463[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]204464[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]204465[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]204466[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]204467[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]204471[/ATTACH] may or may not stay in the collection. This one is 16 by 12 1/2 inches.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Frank, post: 964469, member: 5421"]My wife and I are seriously downsizing, which means I'm refining my small collection. I inherited these two platters, but I don't know anything about them. The larger of the two (shown first) has been in the family since before living memory. The family story is that it's an ancestor of mine, in Virginia. It's 19 3/4 by 16 1/2 inches, and has an ancient repair. I'd like to know it's age, and who the maker might be. The second is by Limoges, but I don't know enough about Limoges to determine the age. I'm hoping the collective wisdom here can help me with that. It may or may not stay with me.[ATTACH=full]204459[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]204460[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]204461[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]204462[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]204463[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]204464[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]204465[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]204466[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]204467[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]204471[/ATTACH] may or may not stay in the collection. This one is 16 by 12 1/2 inches.[/QUOTE]
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