Limoges Learner

Hello!

I would love to hear thoughts about these Limoges pieces... My grandfather was a lawyer in a small
Ohio town. He bought this set of dishes at an estate sale for my mom to use in her first apartment — what a guy!

So this is far from a complete set and most pieces have signs of wear — chips on edges...

I can sell, donate or bin these dishes (I have to downsize and just can’t keep them) - wwyd?

I am in Pocono Pines, PA — 2 hours outside of Philadelphia.

 

Sorry! More photos...

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This is what is in the set:
(By “mint” I mean no chips, though there is wear on them all...)
11 / 8.35” lunch plate / 6 mint

8 / 9.75” dinner plates / none mint

6 / 7.5” soup bowls / 1 mint

5 / tea cups / 2 mint

11 / saucers / 8 mint

1 / sauce boat + saucer / mint

1 / 8.5” oval serving bowl / mint

1 / 9” handled oval serving bowl /mint

1 / 11.5” oval platter /not mint

1 / 11.5” round platter / mint

1 / large oval platter / not mint

 

We'd love to see the marks on the bottom to try to identify the maker and pattern. Then you can check sold listings on ebay by clicking on the Sold/Completed buttons on the left there. Maybe someone is looking to fill out an existing set, but shipping prices discourage people from buying and selling. People who appreciate this kind of porcelain are aging out; younger people want dishwasher safe.

 

Thanks! 2 different marks...

Sounds as if, unless I can find buyer for specific pieces, there isn’t a market for these?

 

These dishes were made by Charles Field Haviland and Gerard Dufraisseix and Abbott. Date to around 1900 - 1924. Personally, I would donate them. It's hard to sell old china and what people want today is the very fancy Haviland with lots of color and lots of gold trim. These dishes would have been used more for just the family, therefore not real fancy.

 

Personally, I love the old Haviland with the interesting shapes, but I can't save it all. So I don't buy it unless it has lots of color and lot of gold trim.

 

Thank you so much! I love knowing this!

Donate = goodwill?

 

I usually go to GW because they have a location close to me. But if it were me I would separate out all of the badly chipped and cracked pieces and just throw them away.

 

Thank you for telling me this — it’s exactly what I need to hear... ❤️