Large ironstone platter w/ pink & white flowers - English? American? maker? age?

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  1. bercrystal

    bercrystal Well-Known Member

    I picked up this really nice large turkey size ironstone platter the other day. It is decorated with pink & white flowers - cherry or apple blossoms? It is 18 1/4" by 12 1/2" across. The only things on the bottom are these impressed numbers & letters "TK" "34" "0". It does have an unusual raised design in the center which I am assuming is like the raised rings we see on porcelain bowls sometimes which have a function during firing.

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    Thanks for any & all opinions or advice!! :kiss::kiss::kiss:
     
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  2. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    I think it may be neither: that's very reminiscent of much 19th C Austrian and German stuff.
     
  3. i need help

    i need help Moderator Moderator

    I saw something about the TK
    mark being Thun mostly imported to America. But I can’t verify that.
     
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  4. bercrystal

    bercrystal Well-Known Member

    Thanks to both of you!!
     
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  5. bercrystal

    bercrystal Well-Known Member

    I did a search for Thun platters & saw several large platters that had this same raise design on the back.

    Thanks again!!
     
  6. i need help

    i need help Moderator Moderator

    Great! :)
     
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  7. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    That makes sense, given the geography.
     
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  8. say_it_slowly

    say_it_slowly The worst prison is a closed heart

    Totally off track.

    @i need help I like your profile pic:). My folks were from Idaho and actually I have a little inherited farm there along with lots of relatives:)
     
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  9. i need help

    i need help Moderator Moderator

    Thanks, I’m actually a transplant from N. Y. It was culture shock, but I’m happy here now. :)
    Many of the farms are being sold to developers. :mad:
     
  10. say_it_slowly

    say_it_slowly The worst prison is a closed heart

    I've lived in VA most of my life, my dad didn't want to be a farmer. I don't imagine there are too many farms going to developers out where they were from. Not much happening there other than farming.
     
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  11. i need help

    i need help Moderator Moderator

    Good, because it’s getting overdeveloped and crowded where I am.
     
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  12. say_it_slowly

    say_it_slowly The worst prison is a closed heart

    Could be worse, you could be back in NY;)
     
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  13. silverthwait

    silverthwait Well-Known Member

    Contemplate THAT, Thomeday Thune.
     
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