My grandmother had used the same set of dishes for as long as I can remember. Pretty dishes, but nothing “special”, just the everyday variety. When she died, I kept them. Sentimental value. I have three of the plates hanging on a wrought iron plate-hanger.
I was rearranging my cupboards, where I keep the odds and ends of what remains of her set. I don’t know why I didn’t see this before, but under the serving bowl, I noticed:
Royal Bayreuth over two lions holding a crest with a T, under the crest 1794, under that emblem Bavaria. Also printed on the side of the bottom rim, “Bavaria”. Very faintly engraved by hand, I see “D.” near the rim’s Bavaria. Almost completely on the other side, I see also very faintly engraved by hand, "K.M."
Her set is incomplete, as they’ve been used as daily dishes for so long. Many were broken. I looked this up on Google and found many pieces called “Royal Bayreuth 1794 Bavaria”, but none resembling the exact design of my set.
My set has a dark cream-coloured background. The edges are decorated in what I believe to be gold, set amongs different coloured flowers. Each dinner plate looks to be the same, but with a different flower in the middle.
I would never want to sell them, no matter how much they are worth (if anything ~ though I am curious). But I would LOVE to complete the set, or at least get a few more serving pieces to go in a buffet hutch.
Does anybody know of this set? Or where I could get some more? PS: Ebay was of no help.
Thanks 