I have many “favorite” egg plates, but this is the one that I most often select for a dinner or lunch.
It is clear glass in a beautiful lemon color that accents the deviled egg yolks.
The small plate is only 9 1/2 inches with scalloped edges. The 12 depressions have a pineapple pattern. Even when the eggs have been eaten, the dish is still an attractive addition to the table.
I received the dish as a birthday present from my son, Matthew, in 1994.
Oh, I love that egg plate! It is a Portieux egg plate. I have one in blue (plus the standard clear and ruby stained versions). I just discovered your blog today. I wish I’d seen it earlier!
I’m an egg plate collector and researcher. (But now I’m starting to sell off my collection because of space limitations and because I’ve become sensitive to eggs.)
Glad to meet a fellow collector!
Lianne-
It is great to hear from another admirer of egg plates. I hope to add more pictures of my collection in the next few months. I would enjoy seeing pictures of your collection.
Val
Hi Val,
I would contact you privately but don’t see a place to do that. I don’t think I replied to your response to my comment. Or if I did, I forgot, already. 🙂 I have photos of some of my egg plate collection on my website. At one point I had considered writing a book on collecting egg plates, but decided against it. My website is sort of the go-to website on the Internet for those seeking to ID egg plates. But unfortunately, it is getting out-dated, as I’ve been working full time since 2007 and don’t have much time for updating it. 🙁
I have a pretty good handle on the glass egg plates, but the egg plates made of other materials keep multiplying faster than I can track. So I’ve given up on keeping current on pottery and china egg plates. I will eventually add the photos of the ones I have, or had, but won’t be getting any more of the non-glass ones.
I love your site! I was just reading some more of your posts, tonight, saw this and decided to reply. 🙂
Lianne