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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SUPERJUNK1970, post: 4329542, member: 17134&quot;][ATTACH=full]355808[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]355809[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]355810[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]355811[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]355815[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]355816[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]355817[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]355818[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]355818[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]355822[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]355823[/ATTACH] I purchase a 6 person service of antique STERLING decorated porcelain.&nbsp; At the time , I thought THE MONOGRAM in the service was THE MARK of Heintz metal shop, I already know it is NOT AND I was told IT was fairly common to give this as a wedding gift with the new couples INITIALS on it. It was still a beautiful service and Covington brothers of new York were a high end brand so I kept it. One day I was cleaning a plate and noticed some under glazed Mark&#039;s that did not match what I supposedly have. I started to read about Covington brothers company and discovered they had a factory fire around the 1915 -1920 that destroyed the building and had to purchase a lot of porcelain from all over the world to replace ordersand continue business until the factory was rebuilt. They just restamp the purchase porcelain with their mark.</p><p>Around that time THE ZAR of RUSSIA and his family were killed and their possessions looted . I as I continue my research I learned that THE FLOWER design on STERLING and the cobalt blue was a favorite of queen Alexandra the great and had COMISSION many SERVICE from the gardner porcelain COMPANY in RUSSIA. I also noted that THE MARK for the queen in porcelain was Q. one of the under glaze Mark&#039;s. I also know that gardner porcelain made extras for every comission from the queen in case some broke and needed replacement.&nbsp; I also learned that the MONOGRAM HMS was the logo use in ENGLAND and RUSSIA on service porcelain that was carried on the ship the queen travel in. HMS= HER MAJESTY SHIP.</p><p>THIS SAID , I am a dreamer and tend to see what I want to see without really having knowledge just what I researched. Please look at my porcelain and give me YOUR opinion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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