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A y Porcelain collectors out there? Need help to ID these!
my ebay ^ | 12/09/07 | eastforker

Posted on 12/09/2007 4:02:35 PM PST by eastforker

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1 posted on 12/09/2007 4:02:39 PM PST by eastforker
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To: eastforker

Eric Clapton’s Cocaine trays?


2 posted on 12/09/2007 4:03:47 PM PST by Rb ver. 2.0 (Global warming is the new Marxism.)
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To: eastforker

They’re for wasabi and soy sauce.

Sushi anyone?


3 posted on 12/09/2007 4:05:28 PM PST by null and void (No more Bushes/No more Clintons)
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To: eastforker

I picked these up yesterday at a thrift store. They were made by the union pocelain works in NY in either 1876 or 1877 according to the proof marks. The pictures on them appear to be handpainted.


4 posted on 12/09/2007 4:05:34 PM PST by eastforker (.308 SOCOM 16, hottest brand going.2350 FPS muzzle..M.. velocity)
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To: eastforker

No, I do not eat animal crackers.

(need to work on your linking)


5 posted on 12/09/2007 4:06:06 PM PST by sinanju
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To: null and void

Yea but they are about 130 years old.


6 posted on 12/09/2007 4:06:16 PM PST by eastforker (.308 SOCOM 16, hottest brand going.2350 FPS muzzle..M.. velocity)
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To: eastforker; null and void

I agree with null and void ... they appear to be the little dishes that the Japanese steakhouses use to serve ginger sauce, etc. Very nice find.


7 posted on 12/09/2007 4:10:05 PM PST by JustaDumbBlonde
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To: eastforker

130 year old sushi? No thanks...


8 posted on 12/09/2007 4:10:24 PM PST by null and void (No more Bushes/No more Clintons)
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To: eastforker
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9 posted on 12/09/2007 4:11:25 PM PST by eastforker (.308 SOCOM 16, hottest brand going.2350 FPS muzzle..M.. velocity)
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To: JustaDumbBlonde

This manufacturer was in bussinesfrom about 1860 until about 1910. Many of their works are in museums.


10 posted on 12/09/2007 4:12:54 PM PST by eastforker (.308 SOCOM 16, hottest brand going.2350 FPS muzzle..M.. velocity)
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To: eastforker

Union Porcelain works of Greenpoint, New York.
Try eBay for starters.


11 posted on 12/09/2007 4:13:10 PM PST by MaryFromMichigan
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Done all that and google too. Lots of high $$ oyster plates but nothing like this.


12 posted on 12/09/2007 4:14:55 PM PST by eastforker (.308 SOCOM 16, hottest brand going.2350 FPS muzzle..M.. velocity)
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To: eastforker

No chips?,no cracks?,good find.


13 posted on 12/09/2007 4:16:04 PM PST by mdittmar (May God watch over those who serve,and have served,to keep us free)
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Yup, no chips or cracks so far, I understand these are considered hard porcelain. At the time UPW was the only USA manufacturer of this quality.


14 posted on 12/09/2007 4:18:11 PM PST by eastforker (.308 SOCOM 16, hottest brand going.2350 FPS muzzle..M.. velocity)
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To: eastforker
Hmmmm...
I know a little about porcelain.
If I come across anything, I’ll get back to you.
Good luck with your find!
15 posted on 12/09/2007 4:19:19 PM PST by MaryFromMichigan
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To: eastforker

At Victorian dinners, little individual salt dishes with tiny spoons were at each place setting, iirc. Not shakers.

There was a larger salt dish placed in the middle of the table, from which guests took some salt into the tiny individual salt dishes. Sitting “above the salt” meant a place of honor closer to the host, and “below the salt” was for the less important guests.

I think these are the tiny individual salts. In a set, there would be a larger dish as well, with a lid.


16 posted on 12/09/2007 4:21:11 PM PST by Judith Anne (Thank you St. Jude for favors granted.)
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To: eastforker

They are too flat to be salt cellars...they look like “mint trays” which were used once upon a time. Try www.goantiques.com for links to dealers and searches. Let us know what you discover; I collect all sorts of antiques.


17 posted on 12/09/2007 4:28:45 PM PST by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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To: eastforker

Nice find ...I will ask my husband when he comes in as he sells antiques. I don’t do oriental stuff but he has.


18 posted on 12/09/2007 4:30:31 PM PST by pandoraou812 ( Its NOT for the good of the children! Its BS along with bending over for Muslim's demands)
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Thats just it, these were made in USA, NY. They did table ware, vases and plates and saucers. I understand the museum in Brooklyn has many things on display from this munufacturer.


19 posted on 12/09/2007 4:34:56 PM PST by eastforker (.308 SOCOM 16, hottest brand going.2350 FPS muzzle..M.. velocity)
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To: Judith Anne

Thats what my mother figured as well.Interesting that all have different scenes painted on them.


20 posted on 12/09/2007 4:36:43 PM PST by eastforker (.308 SOCOM 16, hottest brand going.2350 FPS muzzle..M.. velocity)
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