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    Posted 8 years ago

    Efesgirl
    (1017 items)

    I was thrilled to find out that this is from 1889! I looked at all sorts of old photos of the Central Dome from that year. I wonder how many people owned this wonderful little dish before I scooped it up out of that thrift shop yesterday...

    Size: 7 3/4" x 5 3/4"

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    1. Gillian, 8 years ago
      I can't ID the building I'm afraid, however I think the dish is beautiful, how close do you live to the thrift shop? What a treasure. The acqua colour around the scene is not swallowed up by the dark blue of the roof. Well, it's gorgeous. I would buy this in a heartbeat. More than 3 Euro I would pay! Just so no one else gets it!
      I'm intrigued by the circle in the front.
    2. Efesgirl Efesgirl, 8 years ago
      Hi Gillian, I live in Holland, within 15 minutes of MANY thrift shops. :-) The one I bought this dish from is about 10 minutes away. I am also intrigued by that circle on the front. There is no writing in it. I have an ancient pewter souvenir dish from Paris ( one of my favorite finds) which has six different buildings represented on it, and one of them is the Sacre Coeur. The building on the dish looks very similar to that building. There are notable differences, so I wonder if the Sacre Coeur was renovated at some point after my dish was made. Hmmm...
    3. katherinescollections katherinescollections, 8 years ago
      Beeyootiful, Bonnie!!! :)
    4. Efesgirl Efesgirl, 8 years ago
      Thanks, Katherine! I'm still trying to find out about that building so I sent off a few emails. We'll see what happens.......
    5. vetraio50 vetraio50, 8 years ago
      The dish might be a souvenir from the Paris exhibition of 1898 ... the Exposition Unverselle. Most of the buildings were meant to be pulled down after the event, including the Tour Eiffel ..... but it caught the imagination of the world ...
    6. vetraio50 vetraio50, 8 years ago
      Rather than Sacre Coeur I think it is a stylised version of both the Tour Eiffel and what was called the Dôme Central or Central Dome. The two buildings faced each other across the Seine. The Dôme Central was designed by Joseph Bouvard was the first building to use electricity on a large scale.
    7. Efesgirl Efesgirl, 8 years ago
      vetraio50, you're just full of good info! I looked up some photos on Google and I'll be darned...it IS the Central Dome!! That means this dish dates from 1889. YAY! Thanks a bunch!
    8. Rick55 Rick55, 8 years ago
      You're one lucky girl to find such an old piece in undamaged condition... lovely!!
    9. Efesgirl Efesgirl, 8 years ago
      Rick55 - there is a bit of crazing on it here and there and a very tiny chip on edge of the dish foot. For the rest, in great condition!

      Thanks, all, for the love and comments! I'm really pleased with this find.
    10. katherinescollections katherinescollections, 8 years ago
      Great ID, Vet, wow! Another great find for you, Bonnie! :)
    11. Efesgirl Efesgirl, 8 years ago
      katherine - I was just lucky. There it was, all alone on the thrift shop table...being ignored by everyone,....and, along comes me....GRAB! LOL
    12. kyratango kyratango, 8 years ago
      Efe, you have a piece of history!
      Vetraio is THE reference for historical monuments :-))
      It is incredible that such marvelous buildings were destroyed after only few years... Shame!
      http://www.expositions-universelles.fr/1889-exposition-universelle-paris.html
    13. Efesgirl Efesgirl, 8 years ago
      Oooh kyra! Thanks so much for that link. I had a thought the other day ( yeah, miracle haha) as to the "E" on the back. I wonder if it means "Exposition"?

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