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<p>[QUOTE="bercrystal, post: 327795, member: 88"]The book I have was written by the 2 gentlemen who own Replacements. You start by ID'ing the shape using the marks, then the cup & the shape on the rim of the plate. Hopefully then the pattern. Sometimes the patterns have names, sometimes just the Schleiger number. Hopefully I'll get lucky with this one.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will warn you though that Haviland produced thousands of patterns & sometimes the only difference was the shape of one of the flowers or the colors of the leaves. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":arghh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":arghh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":arghh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie19" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie19" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie19" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I use to have the 5 Schleiger books each of which had literally hundreds of different Haviland patterns, but every time I tried to use them to ID a pattern I got a headache. The Replacements book is just about as bad with its 500+ pages, but at least you get colored photos of the pieces. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bercrystal, post: 327795, member: 88"]The book I have was written by the 2 gentlemen who own Replacements. You start by ID'ing the shape using the marks, then the cup & the shape on the rim of the plate. Hopefully then the pattern. Sometimes the patterns have names, sometimes just the Schleiger number. Hopefully I'll get lucky with this one. I will warn you though that Haviland produced thousands of patterns & sometimes the only difference was the shape of one of the flowers or the colors of the leaves. :arghh::arghh::arghh::banghead::banghead::banghead: I use to have the 5 Schleiger books each of which had literally hundreds of different Haviland patterns, but every time I tried to use them to ID a pattern I got a headache. The Replacements book is just about as bad with its 500+ pages, but at least you get colored photos of the pieces. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
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