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Greenleaf veni vidi vici6/1/2023 ![]() This little plate represented all that - even for the wealthy of the day. It was the orange they prized most, she said. ![]() Oranges and other citrus were considered exotic - mygreat-grandmotherr remembered their “Santy Claus” at Christmas in 1890s South Georgia consisting of an orange and a small toy. Think about the world of a century ago and more. So, Flagler himself could have nibbled cake from this 7-inch plate, which somehow landed on the shelf of a thrift store for me to find at the end of the day. That set was donated to the Flagler Museum by the secretary’s daughter. The jewelry store Greenleaf & Crosby also had outlets in Palm Beach and Miami that sold the china in sets and by the piece - Henry Flagler reportedly bought a set as a wedding gift for his personal secretary. Though this plate is not marked as such, the northeastern Florida jewelry store of Greenleaf & Crosby sold this pattern to Henry Flagler and other hoi polloi at the turn of the last century. A hand-painted design accents the top of the plate, which has a gilt border.īut what makes it special is its connection to Florida. I don’t know whether that’s the case, but the city has produced millions of pieces of porcelain for export over the past couple of centuries.Īt first glance, it’s typical of the period. The marking stands for Tressemann and Vogt, one of the hundreds of porcelain manufacturers from the French city of Limoges.Ĭollectors often get excited when they see something marked “Limoges.” But I always joke that the city is known for its porcelain and that half the restaurant dinnerware and toilets of France are made in Limoges. It was an orange-themed plate marked TV France, with a bell, and T&V France. I’d scanned the aisles twice and was ready to head out the door when something caught my eye near a stack of dreaded 1990s collector plates. It was turning out to be a visit without promise to my local thrift shop. This orange-pattern plate was made by the French firm of Tressemann and Vogt around the turn of the last century.
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