Hello everyone,
I had a complete antique [b]Habsburg China ([/b]12 place settings) set, with all the additional pieces (Oval veggie bowl, Oval covered veggie bowl, 2 platters, tea service, round covered dish, 12 soup/fruit bowls, 12 little bowls, etc). It was a complete set, mint condition handed down through 5 generations. Last month, it was destroyed in a massive house fire. =( The design was the small pink roses/greenish stems, with gold trim on the scalloped edge of each piece. There was also something impressed in the bottom of each piece…I recalled that it was like a sign of some sort- stacked up little ovals or something, with 3 numbers next to it. The numbers were very hard to read. I had tried many times, only coming up with a 4, then maybe a 2 or 3 or 8, then another 1 or 2. It almost looked like a 2 with a line through it. All of this was impressed into the China itself- not printed,.
I am wondering what something like might have been valued at- for my insurance inventory? I did find several pieces on Replacements, LTD. Each dinner plate replacement would run $39.99; and the covered oval veggie dish was around $229, with the cover being separately priced at $99 or $129. They were unable to give me replacement costs for any of the other pieces. Of course, the replacements LTD items I do not believe would actually be made in Austria. The pieces were only used on Christmas and Easter- for at least the last 100 years. They were all in lovely, quite perfect condition.
Any help you could lend me with this insurmountable inventory task would be most appreciated! Thank you very kindly.