Description
* Made by Homer Laughlin
* Round shape with flower and leaves embossing
* Produced in the 1940s
* Assortment consists of 8 dinner plates - 9 salad plates - 9 cups and
saucers - 9 dessert plates - 8 soup bowls - 9 small bowls -
creamer - sugar bowl - serving bowl and oval platter
* All items are marked with the "Theme-Eggshell" backstamp
Re: Homer Laughlin China Set
The actual pattern name is: Embassy
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Embassy+TH6+Homer+Laughlin&aq=f&oq=
Theme 1939 - The Theme shape was designed to exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair.
The mark that is in your photo is 1942.
I have to admit to having a conflict of interest in the appraisal as I have a 100 pc set of Virginia Rose for sale at US $365.25.
I don't know you age or financial status but sets in great condition are becoming more rare. I want to make a distinction between Vintage and Antique, Vintage is up to 99 years old and antique is greater than 100.
My price for my Virginia Rose is firm and I will not sell below that market value and will increase the price as the pieces get older and move into antique status.
There is much fragmentation of sets and attrition occuring to American made wares. This is due to many factors but one constant theme is baby boomers distributing estates. While the internet has made it easier to fill missing pieces in a set, or to acquire additional pieces for an equitable distribution of a set to children and siblings, the market is however fragmenting larger sets.
My price currently is at a dollar a day. The proposition is simple, you want a set of 12 Homer Laughling 1930 Virginia Rose in excellent shape, two serving bowls, platters, creamer, gravy boats, or you do not!
I would prefer to sell to any international investor, yes antiques are investments, or to hold myself and cotinue to accumulate, than break a set of that size if it is of a consistent quality.
If you need "fast cash" you can reduce the price accordingly.
But as a suggestion, go to a used boook store and read the index for your pattern and theme. Purchase ziploc bags, bubble wrap, and a "dish-pak" packing carton. Put the set into the ziploc bags, seal, wrap with bubble wrap, and put the used book with a paper clip on the page of your pattern in the box and seal it!
At a minimum sell at fair market for the set at $300.00 to $500.00.
But if you are relatively young, setting aside these items with sound documentation, is a good move. Taking the prices of the internet and multiplying at a rate of pieces at for sale price at Replacements LTD is not the "replacement value" of the items, but the set itself if it is consistent across all the pieces is worth more than that!
I'll sell my set at fair market value or my children will have genuine antiques, not vintage plates.
I have little idea what "retro" is~
If they were a gift I would keep them
Re: Homer Laughlin China Set
My daughter has some Homer Laughlin marked 47 N 6. I cannot find a pattern name on them. Can you tell me what that might be or how much they might be worth? Thanks in advance for any information.
Re: Homer Laughlin China Set
More often than not the numbers simply "date" the china and the kiln it was fired.
http://www.mccullohantiques.com/DatingInfo.htm
This was almost early ISO manufacturing controls and inventory tracking.
When I approach HLC I start with shape, then move to "decals."
There is a wealth of information out on the internet on pattern names, keeping in mind that most of the early pattern names were never used by the manufacturer.
As an example: many depression pieces of glass are referred to as pattern names which were not used when the glass was made. I have a box unopened of MCP Mount Clemens Pottery that has no barcode and no pattern name. Some of the patterns are simply given a "number" by large aggregators and sellers of china like Replacements, Ltd or in the case of Limoge are assigned a "schleiger pattern" another number. Still and till this day experts identify and veriify pieces through periodical rooms (using contemporary sources) pieces and then assign them names. It is sort of like getting to name a star if you identify it~
HLC also occasionaly used combinations of decals in their patterns, where the patterns of two decals were mixed or part of a decal was ommitted.
http://boards.texascooking.com/topic/332-homer-laughlin-yellowstone-sha…
I have as an example seen some unusual pieces and also some of the "Best China" pieces or dinner ware focused for the commercial kitchen and restraunt market by HLC.
Fortunately HLC is pretty well documented and with patience and searching the decal identified by a "common name" or number. Typcially the identification starts by shape yellowstone, Virginia rose, eggshell nautilus, as an example and then to decal or pattern.
As to the worth of unknown number of pieces, of unknown shape, of unknown pattern, from what I know of what you supplied with the numbers we only know what year and kiln they were made.
In closing there are patterns from previous eras today that are uncontemporary, or to be said another way.. patterns or decal that might not appeal to today's sensibilities and tastes of "some."
While that last assesment and sentence is highly arbitrary it is one of the factors I personally use in determining worth.
Re: Homer Laughlin China Set
I bought a set of plates and dishes from a thrift store when I moved to Washington. I noticed that it had everything in it including:
9 dinner plates
13 bowls
9 smaller plates
1 pitcher
1 gravy boat
1 gravy boat plate
and a few other items that I'm not sure of exactly what they are.
I looked on the bottom of my larger plates and there was the name Homer Laughlin 1976 or 1978 I can't quite make out the year on them. The smaller dishes don't have that on them. I was wondering if these may be worth something and how much. If anyone knows it would be great to know. Thank you.
Re: Homer Laughlin China Set
Are you selling your Homer Laughlin eggshell theme? If so how do I contact you to purchase.
Re: Homer Laughlin China Set
Hello - not sure how old this post is, but I have a complete set of Homer Laughlin that I'm interested in selling.