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Message:: [QUOTE="LeftonGuy, post: 13426, member: 149"]The regular c&s. The smaller demi or AD c&s is #2636.Did some checking tonight as I had some time. 1958 to early 1960s. NE prefix indicates Japanese manufacturer for Lefton - Endo Toki. I think the best dinnerware by Lefton was made by Endo (personal opinion). I call this pattern dinnerware because it has so many serving pieces, but not exclusively serving pieces. L'Amour is quite a story. The founder of Lefton allowed L'Amour to piggyback on some of his orders so he got a cheaper price from the Japanese makers. But the owner of L'Amour pissed old GZL off somehow and the connection between L'Amour and Lefton was lost. Never found ANY printed dealer info from L'Amour or ESD (headquartered in Toronto Ontario). L'Amour/ESD continued with their sale of giftware (in Canada only) after the connection to Lefton was lost. Lots of L'Amour/ESD stuff is identical to Lefton - but not all ESD is Lefton. They had some "patterns" Lefton never had (despite what some uniformed sellers will tell you on ebay). L'Amour = Lefton? Yes. ESD = Lefton, not always.[/QUOTE]