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Good Dishes

y grandmother’s “good dishes” are made of creamy white bone china, decorated with a sweet mix of tiny flowers painted in delicate shades of lilac, blue, pink, and green, with gold trim around the border. The pattern is called Jewel by Limoges. The dishes were purchased in the early 1920s and carefully stored on padded shelves. Whenever my family gathered for birthday or holiday meals, the good dishes graced

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