Maker, marks and age: Five plates in this elegant set of 6 bread and butter plates have the green underglaze "Limoges France" white mark number 6 that came into use in 1891. Four have the decorator's mark of Old Abbey/Latrille Frères and 2 have the Tressemane & Vogt T&V magenta bell decorator's mark number 16 that was in use between 1907 and 1919. Source: The Collector's Encyclopedia of Limoges Porcelain by Mary Frank Gaston, third edition.

The magenta mark confirms that the set was produced for the New York department store Sterns. 

Design: The pattern - which replacements.com calls TRV284 - features a band of alternating panels of blue and cream accented with clusters of delicate pink and yellow flowers inside a thin geometric band of black and yellow.

Condition: The plates are in overall excellent condition with no marks, nicks, chips, cracks, stains, discoloration, crazing or repairs. All have wear to the gold edges - this is shown in the photos.

Size: The plates are 6 inches wide and together weigh 1 pound 14 ounces.

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