- A SET OF FOUR DINNER PLATES BY
- CERALENE RAYNAUD IN VIEUX CHINE
- PATTERN & MADE IN LIMOGES, FRANCE ~
- (ONE SET SOLD) ~
- THESE PLATES WERE DESIGNED BY
- COMAGNII FRANCAISE des INDES FOR
- MARQUISE de POMPADOUR IN THE
- 18TH CENTURY, WHICH MEANS THAT
- THESE ARE A CONTEMPORARY
- REPRODUCTION, AS THE ONES FROM
- THE 1700'S ARE IN THE LIMOGES MUSEUM!
- THESE PLATES WERE MADE 1986-1996 ~
- (CURRENTLY DISCONTINUED) ~
- AT LEASE SOME OF THESE PLATES
- WERE PURCHASED AT SHREVE & COMPANY,
- MOST LIKELY IN SAN FRANCISCO ~
- VERY FINE VINTAGE USED OR DISPLAYED
- CONDITION WITH FEW, IF ANY UTENSIL
- MARKS ~
- WE DID FINALLY NOTE ONE 3/8" LENGTH,
- FINE UTENSIL MARK ON ONE PLATE IN
- THE FIRST SET ~ VERY MINOR ~
- NO CHIPS, CRACKS, CRAZING OR REPAIRS ~
- NO WEAR OBSERVED TO GOLD TRIM ~
- IN THE FIRST SET OF FOUR, THE COLORING
- IN ALL FOUR PLATE IS VIBRANT & THE "SAME" ~
- THE SECOND SET OF FOUR HAS 1 VIBRANT
- PLATE AND 3 HAVE MORE MUTED COLORING ~
- WE THINK THESE THREE MAY BE OLDER,
- AS THEY HAVE THE GREEN LIMOGES BACK
- STAMP WITH THE STAR ~
- ALSO, THE LESS VIBRANT PLATES ARE
- 10.75" DIAMETER, AND THE MORE VIBRANT
- ONES TEND TO BE 107/8" DIAMETER ~
- (A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE) ~
- ALSO, MOST OF THE VIBRANT PLATES
- ARE 1 1/8" HEIGHT, AND THE MUTED ONES
- TEND TO BE 1" HEIGHT ~
- NONE OF THIS IS TOO NOTICEABLE WHEN
- THE TABLE IS SET, BUT IS MENTIONED
- FOR ACCURACY ~
- WE DID NOTICE MORE SHELF WEAR ON ONE
- PLATE IN THE SECOND SET ~
- ALSO, ONE PIN POINT BLUE-GREY "DOT"
- MAYBE FROM FIRING OR FROM A "DRIP"
- OF BLUE TRANSFER ON ONE PLATE IN
- THE SECOND SET ~
- WRAPPED IN INDUSTRIAL SMALL BUBBLE
- & PACKED IN SOLID STYRO WITH
- SOME LOOSE STYRO FOR CUSHIONING,
- AND IN A STURDY BOX ~
- THE FOLLOWING ITEMS IN THIS PATTERN
- ARE LISTED OR WILL BE LISTED IN THE
- NEXT WEEK OR SO:
- ONE SET FOUR SALAD PLATES 7.5", WITH
- TWO SETS AVAILABLE ~
- ONE SET BREAD/HOR d' HOEURVE PLATES
- 6.5" WITH TWO SETS AVAILABLE ~
- ONE SET OF FOUR RIMMED SOUP BOWLS
- 8.25" DIAMETER WITH A SET OF TWO ALSO
- AVAILABLE ~
- A SET OF FOUR FLAT CUPS & SAUCERS 2.25"
- HEIGHT CUPS, 6" SAUCERS WITH 3" INDENT,
- WITH TWO SETS OF FOUR C/S AVAILABLE ~
- YES, WE COMBINE SHIP!
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