Where is tha artist's initials? On the bottom or the top? Do you know what blank was used?
A lot of "stuff" from the Limoges porcelain works was imported to this country for the china painters....it was a lady's hobby...painting on china plates. I believe your plate was decorated in 1896...
What is the picture painted on it?
Yes you have an antique....yes, the 19th century was also refrenced as '85...or '32 or whatever. My great grandmother always told that she was born in '67 and her daughter, my grandmother in '85.
Show us a picture!
Linda C

My great grandmother was a painter. My parents have several of her paintings in their house. Recently my mother received some handpainted plates from a cousin who says that they were painted by my great grandmother. Evidently her painting hobby started as plates and then progressed to the canvas. Offhand, I cannot remember if any of the China has marks, but they are definately all handpainted and you can see when you compare the flowers on them that they most done by the same person. She had a certain style to the way she did the flowers. There is one that seems to have been done by someone else because it is signed on the back and the name is not my great grandmother's.

Linda, with handpainted plates, does the fact that the artist is relatively unknown affect the value significantly? Are there some well-known artists of handpainted plates that would drive up the value?

Deb in PA

Are there some well-known artists of handpainted plates that would drive up the value?

Yes...to some extent....but mostly they are local...or regional....certain "ladies" works were locally admired.
But there are artists that did decorate plates as a business...in connection with a china company....and they affect the selling price of a plate....but unless it's a famous artist....not much.
My friends and I have a famous ( to us!!) saying when we are at an auction and the auctioneer puts up a hand painted plate.....twirls it around and announces..."and it's signed!"....we look at each other and say "but by whom???". The quality of the art on the plate does make a difference....and if the plate was signed by say, Eleanor Roosevelt....the quality of the art work wouldn't matter a whit!
Linda C

mark on an 8" raised pottery looking plate is a circle with D&C 8 inside and to the lower right are 221 and a Y below that. It does not say France anywhere. The front has 3 shades of green with pink dogwood looking small pink/yellow flowers above large green possibly oak leaves spreading from a point. There is dark brown basket weaving around the scalloped outer edge. I have no clue, help!

I have an 18 inch vase marked with D @ C / France I think) on the bottom. It is hand-painted with Gold rim and gold handles and the beautiful roses seen on so many limoges . I want to sell it, but have no idea its worth. Can you help me figure it out? Or, how it could be incorporated into decor in a room?

Hi I have a cake plate/serving plate with handles with the same green mark D & Co and France under it.

I see a lot of signatures but on my server plate there is are 4 initials in Gold and they are about 1 1/2 - 2” high and its on the front. Do you know anything about this? TY

To the left I believe there was a makers mark

Deluniers and company 1885 and newer....eventually became Bernadaud,,,Limoges, The blank was sold to someone, likely an american who painted the flowers adn the initials....likely hers or someone else to be given as a gift.