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found limoge plates at yard sale

16 years ago

I found 4 lovely large limoge plates at yard sale yesterday. I wish I had a camera here to take picture, next week. Hard for me to explain. Bordered in gold, with a lovely color blue. They have scenes on them, women, cherubs. I haven't measured, but I would say about 14 inches. I really liked the color.

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thrift_shop_romantic
16 years ago
Oh, it sounds really wonderful-- all the bells and whistles I rather love on decorative plates! (Cherubs, rich color, etc.)

I wonder if they're the American company that called itself Limoges, or it's French Limoges.

Either way-- congrats on your great yard sale find!
-Jenn

Here is a link that might be useful: My crafting/thrifting/vintage decorating blog
livvyandbella
Original Author
16 years ago
Hi Jenn,
I just love your site, your home. All lovely.
I don't know if plates are French or American. I just know I do love them. The color, the cherubs. Is their a way I can tell if they are French or American?
Barb
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WOW !!! Seems to me like you did just fine. LOVE, LOVE the green leafy plates...wish I could find some of those around here. And, the green dragonfly plate is wonderful...love it on the plate flower. I don't know about cutting off the handles on the red cups....wonder if it would leave a hole. Don't really know. They would also make cute wind chime thingies....you know the ones that someone made on here that had the beads hanging from them that looked like water pouring out. Great idea to make the doggie a coat from an old coat....Iggy looks like he's going to really like it! TFS~
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Thanks Punk, Jeanne, Jane, Jan, and Luvs - hope I don't bore you all to tears with my YS finds! It's now the season altho I do need to be very selective with what I buy this year as I have way too much stuff and no more storage space. DH agrees we need to add even more cupboards to our kitchen so I think that will be one thing we'll eventually do. Punk, you are right, I never looked at it like that - obviously not too expensive or I wouldn't have bot them. There was a box of utensils, mostly stainless, altho I was only looking for silver as already have some stainless I haven't yet used for crafts. I prefer silver of course and always look for the pattern on the back of the piece altho not all have that and if not I look it up. There's a website that I'll post with a lot of the vintage silver patterns. Apparently having mismatched sets of silver is a current trend I've read about on blogs. Some stores are even selling new sets that don't match. Interesting idea. Jeanne, I do usually say yard sale altho GS is also appropriate of course. I actually bot the placemats at a MS - moving sale which was in a house! :-D Whatever they are called they are a great source for interesting low cost treasures. Jane, I do think the place mats may be 'older' and the seller was from Europe so they may be from there. Possibly the Delft plates were bot there also. I also have occasionally used bone china cups for my tea break. I also use old silver trays to serve it on and a doily when I really want to go 'all out'. Fun! I agree this is really a nice pattern and it would be nice to find more altho I don't hold out hope. Jan, I had found the 'big brother' to these 2 little plates at a sale 2 years ago when we were traveling so I had to grab them immediately. I now need to figure out a wall arrangement with them. The violet teacup was another thing I latched onto as I have the same one packed away that was a shower gift so many decades ago. Eventually when I figure out how to display them all I'll put them together. Luvs, my motto is "I never saw a plate I disliked";-D and do have a lot of orphan plates. Always nice to find sets tho. DH and I have lots of fun shopping at YS. He finds things like tools, fencers, and fishing stuff. Here is a link that might be useful: Silver Patterns
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livvyandbella
Original Author
16 years ago
Jenn,
Forgot to mention...I love your portrait plates. I have 4, but never find them. What is the history on portrait plates? They are lovely.
Barb
thrift_shop_romantic
16 years ago
Hi, Barb!-
Thanks for the kind words.:-)

Is there a mark on the back of the plates? I'm guessing there might be if you know it's Limoges.

If you can describe what the mark looks like, I'd be glad to look up the mark in my American Whiteware book this evening and see if it's the American Limoges company or not.

Regarding the portrait plates, the Victorians were really fond of decoration, so the portrait plates were just like a lot of other decorative plates they had at the time, which were intended for cabinet display only.

The Victorians loved putting images of beautiful ladies on, well, everything. So things up until about 1915-1920 had these dramatic art nouveau women on them, or historical figures. Postcards... the covers of popular novels, etc.

It's a fun time period. The art involved can be terrific. :-)

It sounds like you have a find!
-Jenn
livvyandbella
Original Author
16 years ago
Hi Jenn,
I have sent you a separate email
also. On the back, in green, are the letters LG. On top of it says porcelaine.

Underneath, not quite sure, C? Limoges-D?ec. a la main.

Thank you for your help.
Barb
thrift_shop_romantic
16 years ago
Hi, Barb-
I responded to your email yesterday. Let me know if it didn't come through.

Based on what you wrote above, it sounds like it probably is French Limoges.

Have a good one!
-Jenn
sudiepav
16 years ago
Last spring, I got 44 pieces of Haviland Limoges at a yard sale for $3.00! I got there late in the AM, so many people had seen these dishes before I got to them. I got assorted plates, fruit dishes, 1 cup which looked like paint had been mixed in it and 22 saucers. The # of saucers tells me that there was once service for 24. I felt so sad as I realized that these were no doubt someone's grandma's dishes. I wrote to Replacements and identified the pattern. I think I'd like to put together enough of these dishes mixed with white ones to have a small luncheon. They are the most beautiful pattern. I guess that grandma can stop rolling in her grave now.

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