Still Life with Plates and Breakfasts

 I got my act together and made some baked goods this morning. One was some bagels- they got a little browner than intended, but they are fine. The other is a low-calorie cranberry bread I wanted to try for the holiday season. Omer really likes it, so half is stowed in the freezer for either T-Day or Christmas breakfast.

But the other half of the news is the two plates. I still have some single pieces of tableware to show you that have family connections. This cake plate is also Limoges Haviland, although I can't find the name of the particular pattern. I didn't find a picture of an exact match, although I did find matches to the unpainted shape of the plate.

It's even older than the green Limoges I showed you before. This was made between 1891 and 1914. This is a cake plate.

Now, here's the part that may need more research. Mom has this marked as belonging to "Aunt Maggie." I heard that name a lot while I was growing up, but I don't really know who it actually is. The only Margaret I can find in the family line (except Mom's baby sister who died the day she was born) is Margaret Antoinette Hall Dubois who would have been Mom's great aunt. And she died in 1901, so Mom would not have known her, although she might have heard a lot about her. And the date of production for this plate seems a little late for when she would have been buying china, but who knows?

If this is indeed "Aunt Maggie" - here she is.

The other plate is even older. This is marked "Hall family." That is only moderately helpful because there are Halls on both sides, although I'm 99% sure this is from Mom's side. And in fact, the time period fits better with Margaret Antionette HALL than the dates of production of the Limoges plate. (I can't find a single Margaret in the next generation down, nor a Margaret on Mom's father's side.)

This is transferware made by W. Adams & Sons of Staffordshire, England. The pattern name is "Columbia" which featured romanticized or picturesque landscapes with architectural views, with 12 sides. These were made from about 1819–1864.

Margaret Antoinette had seven siblings, one of which was my great-great grandfather, and one of which was Susan Hall Barry, of some fame. So there are a lot of possible Halls to choose from.

In other news- I got all the book stuff ready for tomorrow and loaded in the car. I have to leave at 6:30 in the morning. I packed away the glassware I showed you yesterday, baked, and did some financial stuff.

See Davy Crockett and Hervey Smith Hall