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11 responses to “Saturday Art Saves: A Plate a Day”

1. Lynne

   20 April 2013

   My plates aren’t as old as yours and the others you have delighted us with today . . . but I can say, no paper plates in this abode . . .
   I have a serious addiction to stone ware, china, pottery, collectible, family pieces and more.
   Serious . . .
   Loved ‘A Plate A Day’ . . .

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2. Jeannie

   20 April 2013

   My Mom still has her wedding “china” – apple pattern SanFranscian ware. My aunt chose Apple Blossom. I chose Goodwill (thrift store). 🙂 I love old ironstone. I like the cracked glaze, the heft of the plates, and the fine embroidery like design faintly showing on the rim. Everyday stuff is 1970’s Anchor Hocking Naussau – blue white with navy trim. I collect old dishes. I use them for vases, to hold rings, buttons, whatever. I take inspiration from their design to use in my needlework. Plus, they feel so nice in my hand. Loved the white feather platter you shared and the “ruins” ones are pieces of art!

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3. Delphine

   21 April 2013

   My mother came from the Depression era and loved glass bowls and plates and I seem to follow in her footsteps. Nothing expensive in my house just bits and pieces. Everyday dishes are supposed to be a copy of old French plates – white with swirls on the rim. I still have the red plastic plate I ate my tea off each night. Mum used it eventually under the sink to hold the plug and scourer. Looks a bit worse for wear but it’s mine. Funny, I just realised the pattern on the rim of my plastic plate is the same as my everyday dishes…hmm. Thank you for the lovely pictures. I love dishes.

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4. Barbara Snow

   21 April 2013

   Minnesota is a state blessed with many fine potters. All my dishes, cups, plates and bowls are handmade. They don’t match, but they go together and I know each of the artists that made them. Every spring there is a pottery tour when the potters open their studios and sell their work. My version of brocanting.
   Barb in Minnesota

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5. martina

   21 April 2013

   What we used everyday was “The Safeway china”. It was cream with a fluted border and a gold/brown design in the middle. She would buy a few pieces that were featured each week when she went shopping.
   My china is Portmerion Botanic Garden along with some other patterns inherited from the family..love it all!
   oooh that Delft plate photo is a beauty.

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6. Kathie B

   21 April 2013

   As long as the plate’s clean, I’m more concerned with what’s ON it!!!

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7. 24/7 in France

   21 April 2013

   No paper, no plastic is my household plate motto – your collection is beautiful!

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8. Paula

   21 April 2013

   I adore plates, all shapes, sizes and age. I have poreclain, china, pottery and glass plates, I am addicted can’t stop buying them even though I live alone. I have a lot of singular old plates which I used to display on my kitchen wall many many years ago. Of course this has resulted in them being cracked and chipped 🙁 not so good. I also used to visit Stoke on Trent where a lot of the china factory are, Spode, Wedgewood et al. Bought quite a few bargains. Could talk about this subject all day ……..

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9. Jann

   21 April 2013

   When I was about ten years old, it was one of my “jobs”
   to set the table each evening…so one evening, I took
   the stack of six plates out of the cupboard and headed
   for the table…for some unknown reason, I dropped the
   stack on the floor and they all broke…I was stunned
   and afraid of what my mother would say, but she didn’t
   seem to mind…the plates were not very attractive and
   looked old, but it was the best she had…I think she
   was happy to be rid of them & the next day she bought
   a set of new Melmac multi colored plates, which she
   used for many years.
   When I was eighteen and had my first job, I bought a
   set of china, service for twelve, in a pretty tiny
   antique rose pattern. I should have bought a set for
   my mother instead.

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10. Kathie B

    21 April 2013

    Jann, that’s exactly how my family to onw and use a set of Melmac when I was a kid, too! Farmboy Husband’s and my first set of dishes were also Melmac (we were so-o-o-o poor!) in the same color scheme, and since my parents’ deaths I now have the remainders of both sets combined (Melmac is not entirely unbreakable, we learned the hard way, especially when used as catfood bowls).

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11. Kathie B

    22 April 2013

    Should read: “…how my family came to own…”

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