Q: I have four Minton plates that appear to be made in the mid to late 1800s. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find anything like them on the web. They are molded prawn plates. Can you help identify when they were made and/or what they may be worth? Also, are there records of who may have first purchased them? I’m in Western Australia in the Peel Region and bought them with other old plates from a garage sale held by two elderly local ladies.
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