We are very pleased to offer this lovely pair of fine porcelain hand painted floral plates, including a 1920s Haviland & Cie 8.5 inch example, and an Arnart Imports 1960s integral handled & gilded cake plate. The Haviland plate carries the base White Ware mark, dating it to between 1894 & 1931, and the Arnart Imports crossed three feather arrows (with the 4 digit number) dates from the 1960s to the mid 1970s. **** COLLECTORS; Be advised that the 3 feather German Kalk marks never had a 4 digit number, only single & double digit designations. Both of these pieces weigh 1# 11 oz. xxxxxxxxxxxx. Arnart Imports emerged in 1957, initially showing an office address at 212 5th Avenue New York, New York. Historians find it unlikely that this was their actual location, as any the 5th Avenue address was exceedingly expensive at that time. It is more likely that this was a drop for mail, and that at first, the business started off in some cheaper offices or a simple warehouse. The Arnart Creations Japan stickers together with the 'Arnart 5th Ave.' mark was introduced 1957, which gives the impression that the design bureau or head office was at that time still located in Japan. Unfortunately, Arnart has a very restrictive 'no info' policy and inquiries are turned down in a harsh or even rude way (if they are answered at all). Even if the company is very well known for its product range there are some points that remain dubious, especially their actual country of origin. Nonetheless, during the latter-50's the company decided to make an own series of figurines. This decision was based on the popularity of the Hummel figurines produced by the German Goebel company. Arnart therefore employed the designer Erich Stauffer who should not be confused with the businessman Stauffer which was also into porcelain and owned a decoration business of his own. Regarding the Arnart pieces that have 'Designed by Erich Stauffer' on them it should be mentioned that many people claim that the items are actually items made by the German 'Kalk' company from the town of Eisenberg in Thuringia. This is of course wrong, just like the urban legend that Stauffer actually worked for the Goebel company or even went on to become the designer that created the famous Hummel figurines. The Stauffer designs were just one part of the product range and next to items with the Arnart 'beehive' mark the best known Arnart mark is their 'fake Kalk' marking which represents two crossed three-feathered arrows over some kind of number. Interestingly enough one can also find the crossed arrows with a 'Blue Onion' or 'Brown Onion' addition. These marks do not include any numbers and at first I had some doubt if the items were really from Arnart until I found out that in one case the mold is the same as a Arnart 'beehive' marked item and in two other cases the 'onion' marks were accompanied by Arnart stickers.I never went into the work of finding out if the 'onion' marked and Arnart-labelled items were valid or not because for me it simply counts to state what all these items are not: items by the German 'Porzellanmanufaktur Kalk' or similar. In the year 2001 the business moved to 230 Fifth Avenue (Suite 2004) and the company 'Arnart Creations' became 'Arnart Imports Inc.', discontinuing many old marks and withdrawing some registrations but otherwise business seems to have continued as usual.

Handled Cake plate Excellent condition - very minor wear. Haviland is Good to VG has small rim chip and bruise - see photos