Antique Floral Fluted Platter with Violets - Lavender Purple Flowers, Green Leaves and Fluted Rim hotel china but two years before that

but two years before that Homer Laughlin

Sometime between the years 1858 and 1934

We love this quote just as much as we love this vintage baking tin

Because Gloria said it best -- "Chinese cooking is a live and adventurous art

Antique Floral Fluted Platter with Violets - Lavender Purple Flowers, Green Leaves and Fluted Rim hotel china but two years before thatIn Victorian times, violets represented thoughts occupied with love, which makes perfect sense as to why they would adorn an antique platter like this one destined to serve a plate of food that was made with love {HISTORY} In true spirit of the meaning behind violets, as both flowers and secret messages of communication, it's fun to think that this antique platter holds a lot of love for cooking endeavors as well as a lot of secrets as to where it has