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Your lamp was during the Brilliant Period of cut glass, an era that lasted from 1880 to 1917. Cut glass was decorated by hand with rotatBrilliant Period of cut glass lasted ing wheels. By the from 1880 to 1917. end of World War l, most of the cut glass companies had gone out of business. Your lamp is circa 1900 and would probably be worth $1500 to $2500. *** I have a question regarding a set of porcelain dinnerware. Marked on the bottom of the dishes are the words “Noritake -Ireland -- Boliska -- 2766.” The dishes are decorated with yellow, green and blue abstract designs with gold trim on the borders. There is a pheasant in the center of each piece. I purchased the set in 1973. What can you tell me about my dishes?

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You have a faience plate was made by Utzchneider and Co. They were founded by Paul Utzchneider in Sarreguemines, France, in 1870. Faience is tin glazed pottery on earthenware. H. Loux was an artist who created the country and village scenes on faience dishes that were made in the Obernai region of Sarreguemines. Utzchneider and Co. closed in 2007. Your plate was made around 1900 and can be seen for sale on the Internet in the range of $20 to $30. *** Address your questions to Anne McCollam, P. O. Box 247, Notre Dame, IN 46556. Items of a general interest will be answered in this column. Due to the volume of inquiries, she cannot answer individual letters. To find out more about Anne McCollam and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com

The Generalist It’s funny to hear Donald Trump give a stump speech about generals. “We need a Patton or a MacArthur. I always see our generals on TV, saying we can’t beat ISIS. Patton wouldn’t be on TV; Patton would have been too busy winning the war. And when he was done, he’d ask ‘Where to next?’ OK?” The scenario he presents has become a reliable applause line, except at, you know, the Pentagon, where one would surmise that the generals don’t care much for his assessment. Besides, what does Trump know about war? He all but dodged the draft during the Vietnam War, but he does know a thing or two about Generals. He used to own them. While it may seem hard to believe now, there once was an alternative football league. Trump doesn’t like to talk about it very much, probably because the United States Football League was a “yuge” disaster. The story of its supposed “premier” franchise, the New Jersey Generals, does offer a pretty good character study of the businessman turned presidential candidate. The league was born in 1983 at the luxurious 21 Club in Manhattan, New York (in case some of you confused it with Manhattan, Kansas). The idea was to start a “made for TV” league that played in the spring and early summer. It would focus more on the game-play than stars, and it would be the first league to be televised on both network TV (ABC) and cable (ESPN). Trump, the guy everyone counted on being the voice of the league and owner of the New Jersey Generals, bailed at the last minute, citing his need to focus on building Trump Tower. After a losing inaugural season, but plenty of buzz due to the signing of Hershel Walker, Trump bought the team back in 1984 and promptly threw out the script. He signed/stole QB Brian Sipe from the NFL, fired the head coach and dominated the back pages for a while as word leaked that he was trying to hire Don Shula away from the Miami Dolphins. Instead, he hired former Jets coach Walt Michaels and sat back to watch them go 14-4 and lose in the first round of the playoffs. Not satisfied, Trump traded away Sipe and then signed Boston College QB Doug Flutie who, like Walker, was a former Heisman trophy winner. The next season, Walker smashed records and the Generals still lost in the first round.

Noritake porcelain has been made in Japan, since the late 1800s and is made today. The pattern, “Ireland -- Boliska” was made from around 1973 to 1984. Boliska is the name of a lake in Gal-

Up until that point, it was still a pretty enjoyable league. Jim Kelly, Steve Young, Doug Williams, Reggie White, Marcus Dupree, Coach Dick Vermeil ... there were some good games (some are available on You Tube). Then, Trump went berserk.

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After turning the league into a money pit due to lavish spending, some owners walked away. Then teams started to merge. One day we woke up to find that the Houston Gamblers had merged with the Generals. The league started to turn into “the Art of the Deal.” Trump next convinced the other owners to move the league into fall, ostensibly to force the NFL to merge with the USFL. Then the USFL sued the NFL, claiming they had a monopoly. The judge agreed. The reward? Three dollars! The league folded, everyone went their separate ways, and Trump refuses to talk about the Generals past ... unless it’s Patton or MacArthur, of course.

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