You can use silcon adhesive to even out the height difference. Put it on thicker under the thinner pieces and vice versa. Hate to rain on your parade, but I (personally) have not found anything to cover the gold glaze to prevent it from rubbing off when grouting. You could try unsanded grout but that should only be used when the spaces between tesserae are 1/8 inch or less. Hard to do with cut or broken china. If the spaces are too thick the unsanded grout will crack. I know Weldbond makes (or made) a product that you could cover 3D tesserae with that would resist the grout getting into crevices, but I have never been successful in finding it. You simply peeled it off like a mask after the grouting was done and the piece was protected. Best of luck in your search to save the gold glaze. I've given up buying anything with a metallic glaze because of this issue.

Hi perhaps this may be of benefit albeit a bit late. HB Henriot Faiencerie de Quimper continues to produce it's collection/line today and ever painstakingly so. Truly in keeping with their time honored 300+ plus year tradition, where-in each piece is hand painted by one of their acclaimed family of artisans. Frankly, it is fascinating simply to learn of the pure process maintained in production. There are indeed culprits/companies which attempt to fabricate/knock-off the brand and continue to make claims to selling the Authentic HB Quimper pure rubbish. Sadly the uninformed and unsuspecting are duped! There is in fact Only One HB-Henriot Quimper in the entire world, much likened to each of their exquisite and highly covetted pieces!I myself happen to adore their Botanicals Collection. In any event the sole USA Importer and Distributor for HB-Henriot Faiencerie de Quimper is indeed Marguerite Dorger Inc. And Margi,it just so happens indeed is a former president of Haviland Limoges Porcelain! So I would suggest you definitely contact her. She will no doubt have answers for you and at the very least can point you in the right direction she has an impeccable reputation and happens to be a Great Gal. Here is the url for her website, www.margueritedorgerinc.com Hope my contribution here proves helpful! And BTW.. Your grandmothers pieces are truly quite lovely! Thank you so very much for sharing them! Regards, sj

I was also shocked...and to Pharaoh: China May haven started in China, but when it was made by hand, it was not made with dangerous chemicals and dyes...and designs weren’t knocked off and stolen as intellectual property. I suspect that the certified China was just too expensive to produce in a union shop like the one in Ohio....or after the patriarch died, the kids got greedy and stupid. Profit seems to be more important than quality. Unless you’ve owned this dishware, you cannot grasp the difference in quality from pottery made in a Chinese factory. It’s not the same...even to the touch.

This little tutorial (written by a ceramic restoration studio) says to use a two part clear epoxy: How to Repair Broken Pottery, Ceramic, China, Porcelain Martha Stewart (your hero, right?) says to use a fast drying epoxy, and the pics look like she's also using a two part epoxy: Gluing Wood and Repairing China I hate to admit, it but I've actually had OK results with lowly Elmer's Glue, even with dishwasher use. (I was rather shocked myself.) I doubt Martha would approve, though, and I'm pretty sure you have higher standards. ;-)