posted on February 17, 2004 01:50:13 PM
Friar Tuck screamed in mortal agony as Ralph, the Mastermind of the Canine Criminal Underworld, luridly licked his tonsure! Adding insult to injury with the dreaded "Leg-Dance From Hell," our rapacious anti-hero made off with this...
I can read: HAND DECORATED and MADE IN CALIFORNIA USA and, I think: FRANCISCAN, but not the rest
Does anybody know this pattern??
ALSO: at 12.5" in diameter, do I call it a SERVING PLATTER??
posted on February 17, 2004 03:35:15 PM
Bad news: those flakes on the decoration are going to affect its collectibility.
Be sure to disclose wear or knife marks in the glaze and examine closely for cracks: they're sometimes hard to see in Franciscan handpainted. (Don't ask how I know, it's too painful to recall.)