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| TWO beautiful and RARE Homer Laughlin Eggshell Georgian Dinner Plates 9 7/8 inches in the Cashmere Pattern. This listing includes a Set of 2 Plates for the price shown!
Condition: Excellent vintage Preowned! No chips, cracks or crazing.
This pattern features arrangement of small pink and orange roses, blue flowers, and wispy green leaves. Very interesting and fascinating to study. An identical pattern is also found on the HLC Eggshell Nautilus Line where it is called Ferndale. In addition, in the Georgian line there is also a similar pattern called Countess. Countess is nearly identical to Cashmere except there is an extra Pink Rose trailing down from the center of each swag. There are other differences, but that is one way to quickly tell them apart. The Eggshell Georgian and Nautilus Shapes were sold throughout the late 30's, 40's and 50's at Sears, Montgomery Wards and other big name departments stores. With European China scarce during and right after the war, Homer Laughlin and other US Potteries took full advantage and HLC introduced the Eggshell lines. At the time - the market potential seemed unlimited. However, starting in the mid 50's - as the rest of the world economies finally recovered from the ravages of war - imported china from Asia and other places flooded the US markets - kicking off the slow, eventual decline of the American China industry.
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