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Limoge Turkey Plates

19th Century Haviland Limoges Turkey Oyster Plate
By Haviland & Co.
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th Century French Limoges porcelain turkey oyster plate with five white wells and brown shells
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Antique 19th Century French Victorian Ceramics

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Porcelain

19th Century Haviland Limoges Turkey Oyster Plate
By Haviland & Co.
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th Century French turkey oyster porcelain plate with five white wells on raspberry pink ground
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Antique 19th Century French Victorian Ceramics

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Porcelain

Antique French Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate, Circa 1880's.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate, Circa 1880's. Hand-painted in colors
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

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French Oyster Plate Porcelain with Turkey Pattern Limoges
By Limoges
Located in Austin, TX
Antique 19th Century French porcelain oyster plate with the turkey pattern signed Limoges Haviland.
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Antique 1890s French Aesthetic Movement Decorative Art

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Porcelain

French Oyster Plate Porcelain with Turkey Pattern Haviland Limoges
By Limoges
Located in Austin, TX
Antique 19th-century French porcelain oyster plate with turkey pattern signed Limoges Haviland.
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Antique 1890s French Aesthetic Movement Decorative Art

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Porcelain

French Oyster Plate Porcelain with Turkey Pattern Haviland Limoges
By Limoges
Located in Austin, TX
Antique 19th century French porcelain oyster plate with the turkey pattern signed Limoges Haviland.
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Antique 1890s French Aesthetic Movement Decorative Art

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Porcelain

French Oyster Plate Porcelain with Turkey Pattern Haviland Limoges
By Limoges
Located in Austin, TX
Antique 19th century French porcelain oyster plate with the turkey pattern signed Limoges Haviland.
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Antique 1890s French Aesthetic Movement Decorative Art

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Porcelain

Antique French Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate, circa 1880s
By Limoges
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Limoges Porcelain Turkey pattern oyster plate, circa 1880s. Beautiful cobalt color
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Antique 1880s French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate, circa 1890s
By Limoges
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Limoges porcelain Turkey pattern oyster plate circa 1890s in hand painted colors of
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Antique 1890s French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French Haviland Limoges Turkey Pattern Plate, circa 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Haviland Limoges Turkey pattern plate, circa 1890.
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain

Antique French Oyster Plate, Turkey Pattern, Signed "Haviland Limoges"
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French hand-painted porcelain oyster plate in a Turkey pattern signed "Haviland Limoges
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain

Antique French "Haviland & Co." Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French "Haviland & Co." Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate, Circa 1880's.
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French "Haviland & Co." Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Art Nouveau "Haviland & Co." Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate, Circa
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French "Haviland & Co." Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French "Haviland & Co." Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate with Hand-Painted Sea
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French "Haviland & Co." Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French "Haviland & Co." Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate, Circa 1880s. Hand
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique Limoges Oyster Plate
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rare Antique Haviland Limoges Oyster Plate Turkey Pattern Rare Color
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Antique 19th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French Limoges Porcelain Presidential "Turkey" Oyster Plate, Circa 1880
By Haviland & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French hand-painted limoges porcelain presidential oyster plate in the original Turkey
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Antique 19th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French Haviland & Company Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate
By Haviland & Co.
Located in Atlanta, GA
The antique Haviland & Company Limoges Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate is a beautiful and collectible
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Antique 1890s French Victorian Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French Limoges Porcelain Presidential "Turkey" Oyster Plate, Circa 1880.
By Haviland & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French hand-painted Limoges porcelain Presidential oyster plate in the original Turkey
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French Limoges Porcelain Presidential "Turkey" Oyster Plate, Circa 1880.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French hand-painted Limoges porcelain presidential oyster plate in the original turkey
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French Limoges Porcelain Presidential "Turkey" Oyster Plate, Circa 1880.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French hand-painted Limoges porcelain Presidential oyster plate in the original Turkey
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French Haviland Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate Circa 1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French hand-painted Limoges porcelain turkey pattern oyster plate, signed "Haviland Limoges
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate in Blue Glaze
By Haviland & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French hand painted Limoges Porcelain Turkey pattern oyster plate in blue glaze signed and
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Antique Early 1900s French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French Haviland Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate circa 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Haviland Limoges porcelain Turkey Pattern oyster plate, circa 1890.
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique Presidential Turkey Design Oyster Plate Signed "T. Haviland Limoges Co."
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique presidential turkey design oyster plate, signed "T. Haviland Limoges Co.," circa 1880.
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Antique Late 19th Century Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French Haviland Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate circa 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French hand painted Limoges Porcelain Turkey pattern oyster plate signed, "Haviland & Co
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French Haviland Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate circa 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French hand painted Limoges Porcelain Turkey pattern oyster plate signed "Haviland & Co
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French Haviland Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate circa 1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rare color antique French hand painted Limoges Porcelain 'Turkey Pattern' oyster plate signed
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French Yellow Color Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate, 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rare antique French hand painted yellow Limoges porcelain "Turkey Pattern" oyster plate signed
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French Haviland & Co. Limoges Porcelain Red Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French "Haviland & Co." Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate, Circa 1880s. Hand
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French Haviland Limoges Porcelain Red Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate, 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French "Haviland & Co." Limoges porcelain red, brown, white and gold "turkey pattern
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French Haviland Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate Circa 1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate Signed "Haviland & Co. Limoges," Circa 1880
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French Limoges Gold Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate, Circa 1900.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Limoges Porcelain Turkey Design Oyster Plate Made for "Gilman Collamore & Co." Circa
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Early 20th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French Limoges Porcelain Green & Gold Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate, 1892
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rare antique French porcelain turkey pattern oyster plate, signed "Haviland & Company Limoges
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Green Oyster Plate, circa 1890
By Haviland & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Haviland & Company, Limoges porcelain Turkey pattern oyster plate signed and made
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Antique 1890s French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French Limoges Porcelain Cyan Blue & Green Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rare antique French "Haviland & Company" Limoges Porcelain hand-painted Turkey pattern oyster plate
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French Haviland Limoges Blue Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate, 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French porcelain turkey pattern oyster plate, signed "Haviland & Company," of Limoges
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French "Haviland Limoges" Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate, Ca 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Art Nouveau design hand-painted Porcelain Turkey pattern oyster plate, Signed
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique Limoges Porcelain Oyster Plate
By Haviland & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Haviland Limoges Porcelain Oyster Plate, "Turkey" pattern, made for Davis Collamore
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Antique 19th Century French Serving Pieces

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Porcelain

Antique Limoges Porcelain Oyster Plate
By Haviland & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Haviland Limoges Porcelain Oyster Plate, "Turkey" pattern, made for Davis Collamore, signed
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Antique 19th Century French Serving Pieces

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Porcelain

Antique Limoges Porcelain Oyster Plate
By Haviland & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Haviland Limoges Porcelain Oyster Plate, "Turkey" pattern, made for Davis Collamore
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Antique 19th Century French Serving Pieces

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Porcelain

Antique French Limoges Gilt Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate, Circa 1900
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Limogeshand-painted gilt porcelain Turkey pattern oyster plate made for "Gilman
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Early 20th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French Limoges Porcelain Pink Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate, Circa 1890's.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Limoges porcelain turkey pattern oyster plate, signed "Haviland & Company Limoges
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French Limoges Blue Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate, Circa 1890's.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Limoges porcelain turkey pattern oyster plate, signed "Haviland & Company, Limoges
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French T. Haviland Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate C. 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French hand-painted red and green porcelain Turkey pattern oyster plate, Signed "T
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French Haviland Limoges Red Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate C 1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French "Haviland & Co." Limoges porcelain turkey pattern oyster plate, circa 1880-1890
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate in Red, circa 1890
By Haviland & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Haviland & Company, Limoges Porcelain Turkey pattern oyster plate signed and made
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Antique 1890s French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French Limoges Hand Painted Light Periwinkle Porcelain Oyster Plate
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French hand painted Limoges porcelain turkey pattern oyster plate, unusual light periwinkle
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French Limoges Porcelain Oyster Plate Signed "Haviland & Co." circa 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate Signed "Haviland & Co.," circa 1890.
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French Limoges Porcelain Ivory & Purple Sea Creatures Oyster Plate, 1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Limoges Porcelain turkey pattern oyster plate with hand-painted sea creatures, circa
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Rare Yellow Antique French Haviland & Co. Limoges Porcelain Oyster Plate Ca 1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rare Yellow Antique French "Haviland & Co." Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate, Circa
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique Oyster Plate
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Haviland Limoges Oyster Plate Turkey Pattern circa 1880
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Antique 19th Century Serving Pieces

Antique Cobalt BlueTurkey Pattern Oyster Plate
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Hand Painted Haviland Limoges Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate Circa 1880s
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Antique 19th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

French Oyster Plate Porcelain with Turkey Pattern Limoges
By Limoges
Located in Austin, TX
Antique 19th century French porcelain oyster plate with the turkey pattern signed Limoges New York.
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Antique 1890s French Aesthetic Movement Decorative Art

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Porcelain

French Oyster Plate Porcelain with Turkey Pattern Haviland Limoges
By Limoges
Located in Austin, TX
Antique 19th-century French porcelain oyster plate with turkey pattern signed Limoges Haviland.
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Antique 1890s French Aesthetic Movement Decorative Art

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Porcelain

French Oyster Plate Porcelain with Turkey Pattern Haviland Limoges
By Limoges
Located in Austin, TX
Antique 19th-century French porcelain oyster plate with turkey pattern signed Limoges Haviland.
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Antique 1890s French Aesthetic Movement Decorative Art

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Porcelain

French Oyster Plate Porcelain with Turkey Pattern Haviland Limoges
By Limoges
Located in Austin, TX
Antique 19th-century French porcelain oyster plate with turkey pattern signed Limoges Haviland
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Antique 1890s French Aesthetic Movement Decorative Art

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Porcelain

Antique French Limoges Porcelain Presidential "Turkey" Oyster Plate, Circa 1890.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French hand-painted Limoges porcelain presidential oyster plate in the original turkey
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate, circa 1880s
By Haviland & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French hand painted Limoges porcelain turkey pattern oyster plate signed, "Haviland & Co
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Antique 1880s French Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Antique French Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate, circa 1880s
By Haviland & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Limoges Porcelain Turkey pattern oyster plate signed, "Haviland & Co.," circa 1880s
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Antique 1880s French Porcelain

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Porcelain

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Limoge Turkey Plates For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of limoge turkey plates is available at 1stDibs. Each of these unique limoge turkey plates was constructed with extraordinary care, often using ceramic and porcelain. Limoge turkey plates have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Many limoge turkey plates are appealing in their simplicity, but Haviland & Co. and Limoges produced popular limoge turkey plates that are worth a look.

How Much are Limoge Turkey Plates?

Prices for limoge turkey plates can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, limoge turkey plates begin at $450 and can go as high as $1,575, while the average can fetch as much as $825.

Finding the Right Porcelain for You

Today you’re likely to bring out your antique and vintage porcelain in order to dress up your dining table for a special meal.

Porcelain, a durable and nonporous kind of pottery made from clay and stone, was first made in China and spread across the world owing to the trade routes to the Far East established by Dutch and Portuguese merchants. Given its origin, English speakers called porcelain “fine china,” an expression you still might hear today. "Fine" indeed — for over a thousand years, it has been a highly sought-after material.

Meissen Porcelain, one of the first factories to create real porcelain outside Asia, popularized figurine centerpieces during the 18th century in Germany, while works by Capodimonte, a porcelain factory in Italy, are synonymous with flowers and notoriously hard to come by. Modern porcelain houses such as Maison Fragile of Limoges, France — long a hub of private porcelain manufacturing — keep the city’s long tradition alive while collaborating with venturesome contemporary artists such as illustrator Jean-Michel Tixier.

Porcelain is not totally clumsy-guest-proof, but it is surprisingly durable and easy to clean. Its low permeability and hardness have rendered porcelain wares a staple in kitchens and dining rooms as well as a common material for bathroom sinks and dental veneers. While it is tempting to store your porcelain behind closed glass cabinet doors and reserve it only for display, your porcelain dinner plates and serving platters can safely weather the “dangers” of the dining room and be used during meals.

Add different textures and colors to your table with dinner plates and pitchers of ceramic and silver or a porcelain lidded tureen, a serving dish with side handles that is often used for soups. Although porcelain and ceramic are both made in a kiln, porcelain is made with more refined clay and is stronger than ceramic because it is denser. 

On 1stDibs, browse an expansive collection of antique and vintage porcelain made in a variety of styles, including Regency, Scandinavian modern and other examples produced during the mid-century era, plus Rococo, which found its inspiration in nature and saw potters crafting animal figurines and integrating organic motifs such as floral patterns in their work.