fine china made me trans

one person's quest to find a matching set of perkinhammer china in the midst of a once in a century pandemic // alyssa, 25, they/them //

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The Dilemma of Being Human by Glen Martin Taylor

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actively decaying as i wait for my sugar bowls and cake plates to be delivered

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that ebay seller really just left a whole ass bug in their back stamp picture huh

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a friend of mine found someone on ebay selling a set that has the same mark, though in red and the ribbon is slightly different. considering the backstamp is considered an unknown mark its a step in the right direction

saving the link here for reference: https://web.archive.org/web/20210201044200/https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Austria-China-Set-Gold-Green-Laurel-Leaf-76-Pc-Beautiful-EUC-/183474529303

This seller’s backstamp:

My backstamp:

my mark is definitely more floral than the laurels, but it has more than the other normal cross-hammer pirkenhammer backstamps??? and obvs both austria, bc most pirkenhammer post-war is labeled as Czechoslovakia 

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touching base w the seller

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[text id: the message text of an etsy chat, unsent, that reads, “hi would you like to be friends. you see i have a sudden but intense interest in these fine chinas (finas). also im gay and i have adhd so im sure you can understand the yearning im” and message cuts off. end id]

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touching base w the seller

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help meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee