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By JAY MOORE

Tribune correspondent

Published: March 29, 2009

My 9-inch plate is marked "H. Alcock & Co., Cobridge, England" and "LEAM." I have been able to discover on the Internet that the plate was made in August 1885. However, I cannot find information about Alcock. What can you tell me? I also would like to know its value.

S.P.

Tampa

I do not know how you dated this semi-porcelain plate since I did not spot a registration number (similar to U.S. patent information). However, you're right. It probably was manufactured in the mid-1880s.

It has aesthetic style transfer-decoration. The aesthetic style was popular during the late Victorian period. With a strong Japanese influence, it featured subjects from nature such as birds and flora.

Henry Alcock & Co., formerly Jon Alcock, was established in 1861 and operated until 1910. There were several potteries in Staffordshire using the Alcock name, the best known being Samuel Alcock.

"LEAM" is the pattern name.

This plate would retail for about $9.

I would like to know more about the buffet and server that were given to my mother in the 1950s. I have been told that they are about 100 years old. Originally, they were covered with a very dark stain. Both pieces have been refinished and still have the original hardware. There are no marks.

S.S.

Tampa

These matching pieces were manufactured in the Midwest during the late 1920s. Without a label, I cannot identify the maker. They may have been part of a suite that included a china cabinet, table and chairs.

They are made of plywood, wood solids and veneers. They probably were originally finished with dark lacquer. I found a similar suite made by Union Furniture Co. of Rockford, Ill., in a 1929 catalog.

The two pieces would retail for about $995.

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