Looking for value of plate/bowl with open weave porcelain edges and
hand painted centers on three legs. Bottom reads Lillie 1767. Looks
like they could be french. Inherited these and need to know if I
should insure them.

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Request for Question Clarification by knowledge_seeker-ga on 04 Apr 2003 07:36 PST

Hi jawrice,

Answering your question as it stands is not something that a Google
Answers Researcher can do for you. Nobody here can appraise your
porcelain. We are researchers, not necessarily experts in any one
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Thanks,

--K~

I suggest you have a peek at Capodimonte china and porcelain. While
the current Capodimonte is figural, it was also popular to buy the
china blanks and paint/decorate it yourself in the time period you
mentioned. Lillie may be the artist. While Capodimonte is Italian, I
believe that this would be a good place to start your search.

to: pintovega-ga-I checked out the site you suggested and there were
no items close to what I have. Thank you for your suggestion as I am
very new to the internet.

Lille (France) was a major centre for the production of pottery in the
mid-18th century.  If your plates are genuine, they could be valuable.
However, you really need to take them to someone who will be able to
appraise them properly.