Crawfish / Lobster Dinnerware

Today I had the pleasure to assist a client with an order over the telephone. The order was placed by a lady who grew up in my home state of Louisiana. She no longer lives in our area but cherishes her connection to Louisiana. She had been searching for additional crawfish dinnerware pieces to add to her collection. She had found our site by searching Google. She ordered a soup tureen with the crawfish/lobster pattern to add to her collection of dinner ware pieces. Most people from Southern Louisiana associate our area with crawfish, or "little Cajun Lobsters". Over the years we have produced thousands of pieces with the crawfish/lobster pattern offered on our site. Often it is only a matter of geography that determines the name by which this pattern is described. Earlier this month I assisted a lady looking for ?lobster? dinner plates.

The crawfish dinnerware we offer on our web site has been produced by our company under two line names prior to our www.giftsetc.com site. Pieces produced back in the late 1980's were labeled with our parent's company name of Ceramic Treasures, Inc. This logo often has an alligator with our home town name of New Iberia, Louisiana. In the 1990's we launched our gift line, Faust Heirlooms, offering American decorated porcelain specializing in antique reproductions of tea set pieces. Pieces were produced with the same crawfish art and were labeled with our Faust Heirlooms logo. The Faust Heirlooms logo features a column design.

The crawfish/ lobster art for this design is not an original piece that we designed. The art I understand dates back to the 1970's when the pieces were carried by Dillard's and Goudeux's here in Louisiana and on the Gulf Coast. Many of the original pieces I have been told were produced in various factories in Europe. Some of the older pieces had oyster shells in the design in addition to the crawfish/lobster design. If anyone knows of any additional history about this pattern please let me know.

It is really rewarding as a small business when clients order to add to their collections of items. We are always happy to speak with client in assisting them with product questions, especially when working on adding to collections. Maree and I really love what we do and are so thankful for our orders. We try to take pride in our work and provide attention to detail for when shipping gifts. Please feel free to call our office during normal office hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm central standard time, Monday - Friday. You can leave messages at other times and we will return your call.

Happy reading and shopping at www.giftsetc.com
Sincerely,
Marilynn
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