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  • At Home to the World
  • Worlds Apart
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    • World in Motion
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  • City to City
  • Tales of the City
  • Pomp and Practicality
    • Table, Set Yourself
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    • Here's to Friendship
    • For the Lady, for the Gentleman
    • A Plate of Many Colours
  • Town Hall Treasures
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    • Around the World in 86 Coins
    • Key Moments
    • Around the World in 66 Coins
  • Bears on Parade

Pomp and Practicality

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Selecting a gift can be a tricky business. Best to opt for something you believe to be beautiful and know to be useful. Fine glassware perhaps, precious crockery, or ornamental cufflinks. They fulfil everyday purposes, but they can also enhance a festive occasion.

No two of these plates are the same. What they have in common is that they are too exquisite just to eat from. Probably the only appropriate response is reverent contemplation.

  • Table, Set Yourself
  • Thanks for the Flowers
  • Here's to Friendship
  • For the Lady, for the Gentleman
  • A Plate of Many Colours

Germany

1992

Branitz Plate

China

2012

Butterfly Plate

Netherlands

1987

Children's Aid Plate

Chile

Unknown year

Chile Plate

Germany

2017

DFB Plate

Egypt

1986

Egyptian Plate

Austria

Unknown year

Florian Plate

Belgium

1994

Ghent Plate

Germany

1987

Harzburg Plate

Germany

2002

Helmstedt Plate

Germany

Unknown year

Hospital Plate

Germany

1979

ICC Plate

Turkey

2010

Iznik Plate

Germany

Unknown year

Kaiserslautern Plate

Germany

1999

KPM Plate

Germany

1978

Kristallnacht Remembrance Plate

India

2012

Marble Panel

Israel

Unknown year

Rabbi Plate

Germany

Unknown year

Salt Mine Plate

Germany

Unknown year

Schweinfurt Plate

Germany

1979

Stadium Plate

Germany

1974

STG Plate

Estonia

Unknown year

Tallinn Plate

Uzbekistan

2004

Tashkent Plate

Germany

Unknown year

Wilhelm Busch Plate

No two of these plates are the same. What they have in common is that they are too exquisite just to eat from. Probably the only appropriate response is reverent contemplation.

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