Large Antique T.J. & J Mayer Florentine Platter 18x14 circa 1843 1855 repurposed The Blue Book of Cookery Producing artistic patterns and The Blue Book of Cookery struck a chord with homekeepers and cooks and went through several reprints all the way through the 1940s Irena taught cooking classes at her gourmet shop in North Carolina after studying at Le Cordon Bleu in both London and Paris and was a recipe tester not only for own cookbooks but other cookbook authors too the maker's mark is equally beautiful with a wreath of flowers There is so much detail in this landscape that it's easy to understand the talent of the Mayer pottery artisans