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Katie77:
Oh Chrissi they are beautiful.
Love the ones with the swan handles....how unique is that.
The colours and the gorgeous little flowers and butterflys.....I love them.
Penthesilea:
My favorites of the collection. I have always loved cobalt blue.
Detail of the left plate
Detail of the plate to the right
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: Katie77 on April 30, 2009, 06:22:30 am ---Oh Chrissi they are beautiful.
Love the ones with the swan handles....how unique is that.
The colours and the gorgeous little flowers and butterflys.....I love them.
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Thank you Sue :)
Kerry:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on April 30, 2009, 06:20:53 am ---The underside of some plates. The crossed swords emblem varies through the different decades. There a books specifically about the Meißen emblems, to date the pieces.
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OMG! It's REAL Meißen!!! It's so beautiful, Chrissi. It must be worth a fortune. You have such a large collection. You're a rich woman! I know from the TV program, "Antiques Roadshow," that Meißen is worth big bucks! Like thousands of dollars! And the fact that it was smuggled out of East Germany would add even more value at auction. How's the best way for an English speaker to pronounce Meißen, Chrissi? Is it My-sen or My-zen? Or am I totally wrong and it's pronounced some other way entirely? (I'm not a German speaker)
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: Kerry on April 30, 2009, 09:23:04 am ---OMG! It's REAL Meißen!!!
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Yes of course it's real Meißen, lol. When I say Meißen, I mean it.
--- Quote ---It's so beautiful, Chrissi. It must be worth a fortune. You have such a large collection. You're a rich woman! I know from the TV program, "Antiques Roadshow," that Meißen is worth big bucks! Like thousands of dollars! And the fact that it was smuggled out of East Germany would add even more value at auction.
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Thousands? Are you kidding me? Or are the prices for Meißner down under that much higher? AFAIK, the prizes for single pieces and place covers (plate, cup and saucer as a set) are in the lower hundreds here (Euros). If you want to reach the dimension of thousands, you'd need to have a complete service. Or maybe a very, very rare and old special piece. And I doubt that one of mine belongs in that category.
So yes, if I sold everything, it would bring quite some bucks, that's right. But far (very, very far) from being enough to become rich. :laugh:
--- Quote --- How's the best way for an English speaker to pronounce Meißen, Chrissi? Is it My-sen or My-zen? Or am I totally wrong and it's pronounced some other way entirely? (I'm not a German speaker)
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My-zen would be good. Actually the letter ß is an Es-Zet, somewhere between s and z.
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