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Message:: [QUOTE="ola402, post: 13148912, member: 182"]Good Points, but what really makes it hard to answer the original questions is that I have never seen any complete dinnerware sets made solely by T&V.  Usually someone else decorated T&V's white ware and most were elaborately decorated jars, bowls, large plates etc.  The OP's photos do show what one would expect of a complete dinnerware set but it bears a mark that was only used for about 12 years so there's not a lot of it out there.  In post #8 the OP shows all 3 of her marks.  The upper older mark would indicate the white ware mark and the lower newer mark would be the decorator's mark, indicating that the white ware was in storage and brought out for decoration a few years on.  T&V was bought out by the Martial Raynaud company in 1907 and these dishes were made after 1907 up to 1919. The company did not rename T&V until later.  So bottom line:  rare marks, hardly ever seen, scarce pieces left, and not really the rage at the time.  People wanted T&V's elaborate patterns like Daisy, Holly, and Dogwood along with Game Bird Plates (very popular).  I'm beginning to believe that these more conservative, less elaborate patterns were made for the down market (less expensive) to use up the old white ware.  But that's just a guess.[/QUOTE]