Appraisal: Meissen Blue Onion Dessert Stands, ca. 1885
Clip: Season 29 Episode 7 | 1m 23sVideo has Closed Captions
Appraisal: Meissen Blue Onion Dessert Stands, ca. 1885
Watch David Lackey appraise Meissen blue onion dessert stands, ca. 1885, in Living History Farms, Hour 1.
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Appraisal: Meissen Blue Onion Dessert Stands, ca. 1885
Clip: Season 29 Episode 7 | 1m 23sVideo has Closed Captions
Watch David Lackey appraise Meissen blue onion dessert stands, ca. 1885, in Living History Farms, Hour 1.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipGUEST: My mom and dad bought these in either the late '60s or early '70s.
And she told me they paid about $700 back then, that she thought was expensive.
APPRAISER: That was a lot of money back then.
GUEST: It was a lot of money.
And I asked her, what exactly are they used for?
And like most in her generation said, "Oh, they just to look pretty.
No, you don't want to put anything on them."
So they sat and looked pretty dusty rather than pretty.
APPRAISER: Right.
Right.
These were made by Meissen Porcelain Factory in Germany, which is near Dresden.
And Meissen's been in business since the early 18th century.
But here we have a crossed swords mark.
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: And we can tell by the little dots at the end of the mark that these were made after about 1850...
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER:...but before 1924.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: They were actually designed for little desserts at the center of a table.
And you're right, maybe no one hardly ever used them very much.
So, what are they worth?
Well, actually, there's a lot of this out there, but I, I would say a retail price on these... ...these days would probably be around uh, $1,000 to $2,000 for the pair.
GUEST: Mm.
Okay, great.
So, they're fine.
Well, I know what to use them for.
APPRAISER: Right.
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