posted on June 13, 2003 11:01:44 AM
This is a set of 4 oven pieces purchased around 1964 by my mother -- they cost a bundle then & I'm wondering if I should list. All (except the dutch oven, which has cracks from too many mac&cheese meals) are in truly MINT condition.
All have these lovely bird prints and "GOLD" highlights!
I look to my friends here for mucho help over the next weeks as I begin to unload her estate!
Ralphie loves Mr Blonde:
"Are you gonna bark all day little doggie, or are you gonna bite?"
http://tinyurl.com/5duz
[ edited by tomwiii on Jun 13, 2003 11:03 AM ]
posted on June 13, 2003 01:28:32 PM
Your dishes are beautiful! Wouldn't the style be called an au gratin?
My cousin sold a larger oval baking dish a few months ago with birds on it. It went for about $150 to a woman in the UK who paid another $38 for shipping.
I'd keep it for the sentimental value myself. : )
posted on June 13, 2003 01:34:37 PM
The set consists of 4 pieces, 3 of which are MINT:
1) Au Gratin
2) Round Baker
3) Rectangular Baker
4) ?? Small Dutch Oven, which is beautiful, but the bottom has cracked & been repaired -- I'll keep that one!
I'll list them on Sunday night after I take some better pics -- & I'll list the url's here. Any of yowse guys win them, please remind me of yer REAL NAME & we'll work something out as far as a discount.
Ralphie loves Mr Blonde:
"Are you gonna bark all day little doggie, or are you gonna bite?" http://tinyurl.com/5duz
posted on June 13, 2003 01:42:50 PM
I may have found them on the replacements site. Look under Louis Lourioux pattern LOL4. They are close if not the same pattern. Maybe you could list the price charged from "a well known replacement house" in your listing? I would also mention the 'bluebird'. I hope you get top dollar!
posted on June 13, 2003 04:22:47 PM
In addition to mentioning the bluebird, the one on the left looks like a redwing blackbird (can't see it perfectly, but if it's dark with a little red and white on the wing, that's what it is) and I think the one on the top right is an oriole.
If you can, find out the rest. Bird watchers love this kind of stuff. My girlfriend's mom redid her kitchen some years ago and was annoyed that she couldn't find bird dishes.
