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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: ayashe on April 26, 2011, 12:19:39 AM
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I've uploaded these to their biggest size, apologies if they're too big. I'll size them down if needed!
We’re having a baby this July! I’ve dug out my old baby plates to hang in baby's room. Would welcome suggestions on any history and/or value, just for fun. Have included photos of front and backs.
PS- We're expecting a boy-- does anyone think these are too 'sissy' for a boy's room? I have pink plates and ones with dolls & kittens on them, so the plates shown here are definitely the more masculine of the collection, lol! My hubby isn't so sure...
(http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr213/ayashe_sammie/antiques/IMG_2914.jpg)
Close-up of "Baby" and "Oswald"
(http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr213/ayashe_sammie/antiques/IMG_2917.jpg)
"Baby" stamp underneath:
(http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr213/ayashe_sammie/antiques/IMG_2919.jpg)
"Oswald" stamp underneath:
(http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr213/ayashe_sammie/antiques/IMG_2918.jpg)
Little Jack Horner, front and back:
(http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr213/ayashe_sammie/antiques/IMG_2920.jpg)
(http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr213/ayashe_sammie/antiques/IMG_2921.jpg)
Yellow plate, front & back (Canonsburg Pottery Co, Made in USA:
(http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr213/ayashe_sammie/antiques/IMG_2922.jpg)
(http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr213/ayashe_sammie/antiques/IMG_2923.jpg)
Mystery plate (says Germeny on the back and has number I can't quite make out, maybe 149):
(http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr213/ayashe_sammie/antiques/IMG_2915.jpg)
(http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr213/ayashe_sammie/antiques/IMG_2916.jpg)
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Too 'sissy'? I could be opening myself up to a load of flack here, but in my opinion there is no such thing. Having a brother 5 years older than me, and who always thought that I was 'too young' to bother with, my main influences were my two older sisters. So my early life was taken up with a mix of dolls and guns (when it was still seen to be OK to let children play with guns), and I think that I've turned out fairly well adjusted ... or so my shrink tells me. ;D
On the serious matter of the plates .. I'm having difficulty making out some of the backstamps, but I'm sure that some of the others will have more luck.
I say 'hang 'em high, and hang 'em securely' ! and roll on July!
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Haha, thanks mariok54. :D
I've typed out a description for most of the stamps on the plates above the photos. I figured the pics wouldn't give enough detail of the stamps... but there are a few I can't make out in person.
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I think they are perfectly appropriate for boy or girl !! Your son will enter this world as a collector !! I was raised with two brothers, three male cousins, and many male friends so my toys were also a mixture of guns, model airplanes and cars, with the occassional doll thrown in !! I think I turned out OK !! I just relate to men really well !! Mmmmmm,, might actually help your son in the future !! Do you think ??