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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bakersgma, post: 411595, member: 59&quot;]William Whiteley&#039;s Limited was the owner of a chain of department stores/ In case you are unfamiliar with the term &quot;department store&quot; it is a retail shop selling a wide variety of goods organized into &quot;departments.&quot; Tableware and other household items, both useful and decorative; clothing, accessories and shoes; bedding and bath linens; artworks, etc. In the case of this plate, Haviland and Co was the maker and Whiteley the retailer. Retailers often ordered goods with their own name included with the maker as a marketing device.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an article to read about the history of the company. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Whiteley_Limited" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Whiteley_Limited" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Whiteley_Limited</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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