If you're a Quimper pottery nerd
Most of the Quimper pottery that you see on the
net is junky looking stuff. This isn't.
My great-grandmother traveled in Europe before
World War II, and bought some Quimper breakfast plates. She willed them to us as
a wedding present. We've always wondered why they looked different from the
stuff that is usually called Quimper, and couldn't even find any on the
web.
One day, I realized that all six plates had the initials "MM" on them, and so I added that to the search. Along with many measurements in millimeters, this turned up the name "Mathurin Meheut". Searching for "Quimper Mathurin Meheut" turned up a page (which may go dead if the plate is sold) with this picture on it:
We don't own this plate, though I wish that we did. It's clearly the same style as our plates:
No, they are not for sale, but I thought that we needed more pictures on the net.
One day, I realized that all six plates had the initials "MM" on them, and so I added that to the search. Along with many measurements in millimeters, this turned up the name "Mathurin Meheut". Searching for "Quimper Mathurin Meheut" turned up a page (which may go dead if the plate is sold) with this picture on it:
We don't own this plate, though I wish that we did. It's clearly the same style as our plates:
No, they are not for sale, but I thought that we needed more pictures on the net.
Posted: Sunday - December 11, 2005 at 02:31 PM
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