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French Jules Etienne rose platter, flat and rectangular

10 years ago
last modified: 10 years ago



I picked this up at an antique mall because my Mother’s
American Haviland china also has pink roses ("Georgia”),
and I could use another serving dish.

Then when I got it home I realized that it matches even
closer a few accent pieces my Mom had bought during the last years of her life
when she developed a china mania, especially for Haviland (both American and
European).

So I’d appreciate it if anyone could tell me about any of these.

The top 2 photos are the new platter I just got. The photos
of 3 smaller round and oval pieces are ones my Mom picked up. Those are marked “Haviland France” and “Haviland
Limoges” .


Also, any idea for intended use? That oval one has always
made me wonder. Butter doesn’t work. When I serve I don’t really need to use
anything as small as these. Thanks!

Comments (5)

  • 10 years ago

    Pickles, olives, lemon wedges, cranberry sauce, celery and carrot sticks? Like your mother, I love Limoges Haviland china too. I fell in love with some old family sets that my grandmother had along with various unmatched pieces. But all those went to my cousins. So we bought one set sight unseen on a PBS auction on tv 40 years ago. I love it and use it for special meals. I have not collected little pieces just because I really do not have a use for them even though I would love to do so.

  • 10 years ago

    The Etienne piece is of the same period as the Haviland, Limoges pieces. My guess would be a dresser tray....but of course you could use it however you choose.
    The Limoges pieces...the oval one could have been intended for celery or just a sweet meat dish....as I think the other dishes would be called.

    Pretty! Pretty!!.....I have a few rosey flowery Haviland dishes here and there...sweet and so very French! But, they were intended for the American market....which at that time loved all things French.

  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    Thanks! What era, do you think?

    The shape of the rectangular one also made me think dresser
    tray. Also because the bottom is unglazed, which you would not expect for a piece intended to
    be used for serving and washed often.

    Since I am short on serving pieces for my American Haviland “Georgia”
    set (which I know was purchased in 1950), that is where I will use it; unless I
    stumble upon some. I have had a watch set up on Ebay for over a year, but it
    never returns the right ones. Just the much later and much cheaper 1980's blue rose ones (that was MY wedding china: I never use that, I use my Mom's.)

  • 10 years ago

    The history of the Haviland China company...companys...both David and Charles and Theodore is complicated. Theyw ere Americans making French china in France for America who wanted their china to look French but not entirely!
    The Jules Etienne piece I believe refers to a decorating studio...is there also a Haviland Limoges mark on that piece?
    The other pieces, the red mark and the green mark indicated that the pieces were made at the Haviland factory and decorated there as well. Haviland also sold blanks to be decorated elsewhere.
    Dates of the pieces would be between 1890 and about 1930....give or take 5 years.

  • 10 years ago

    Thanks! No, the Jules Etienne piece has no Haviland Limoges mark. Once I got home and saw my other pieces, I was surprised at the similarity.

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