Posted 3 years ago
jmzcoach
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I recently inherited this set of ten "Minton China Made in England for Tiffany, New York" pattern H2918, 7-3/4" plates. My parents received them for their wedding in 1950 from a wealthy aunt who lived in Washington, D.C. and New York City.
After about five years of searching online and in public libraries, I finally was able to get some information about them from
The Minton Archive which is held at the Stoke-on-Trent City Archives in England. They verified the markings and sent me information dating the plates to 1915. Wow!
My mom always assumed her aunt bought them at Tiffany's, but I'm thinking maybe she had to buy them through an auction. I don't think Tiffany's sells antique china, but I could be wrong.
I've seen a set like this just once on ebay, and the seller was asking $100 per plate.
So here's my dilemma...I don't want to sell them particularly, but I'm scared to use them! LOL
Jeannie Smith
Use them!
Tiffany's have sold almost anything including dishes and antiques in their journey. I have a Georgian table which came from Tiffanys and they were around 1750 or so. The matching one was broken up the set of 2 and was purchased by John D. Rockefeller in 1908, with a sales receipt from Tiffanys. I have seen the more average people got a lot of salt and pepper shakers as a main gift for weddings in that time period.
I would admire them rather than use them, but that is just me, they are spectacular in the pattern. My side table's match is in Kykuit, Rockefeller's upstate NY mansion.
Hi, jmzcoach. Beautiful. :-)
If you don't want to use them for fear of damaging them, you could just display them in a china hutch, plate rail, etc.
If displaying them is not an option for you, then you should protect them in storage by putting them in a dish pack with a cushioning layer in between each dish.