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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;البراء مؤيد, post: 13140850, member: 115386&quot;]Hi all — hoping for help with a platter that&#039;s been in my family for years.</p><p><br /></p><p>61.5 x 27 cm oval. Translucent hard-paste, good ring. Entire underside is unglazed biscuit, only the rim is glazed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Iron-red stamp on the biscuit: closed crown over N, small S to the left, 54 to the right. Incised above it: &quot;D - 47 - 9&quot;. No second mark anywhere.</p><p><br /></p><p>Decoration is gilding only on white — ivy-leaf and interlace border, central lozenge medallion. Gilding is raised and the leaf veins look tooled.</p><p><br /></p><p>The stamp is faded and scratches run across it rather than over fresh ink, so it seems to have aged with the piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>Condition: one 2 cm chip with loss at the rim, general gilt wear, no cracks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is this a Sevres 1854 mark, or a Paris/Limoges factory using an imperial-style mark? Does the absence of a second mark rule out Sevres, or could the unglazed underside explain it? Any thoughts on the incised marks?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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