Vintage tableware

[dhermann1]

Oh, Foofala! That's sweet of you, but don't lose your sanity over it! It has now become part of my computer daily routine. I log in and check my email, look at "Watched items" on Ebay (I watch lots of items just to see what they go for, just to educate myself), and then look for UPICO, Universal Potteries and Universal Cambridge on Ebay and Google. Almost every day! It's getting a little annoying, actually. Can't help myself.
It's good to know I'm not the only person in the world who goes completely nuts over ceramics. I actually go nuts over old radios, oriental rugs (especially Art Deco Chinese rugs!) as well as ceramics. There are SOOOO many fabulous patterns! Note to self: Win the Lottery already!
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[Foofoogal]

Google Products is your friend. lol

 

[BinkieBaumont]

The Dark Side Of Clarice Cliff

An interesting segment from last nights episode of "Collectors" on ABC Television

http://www.abc.net.au/tv/collectors/segments/s2857241.htm

 

[dhermann1]

Woo hoo. I'd love to see some of her sisters' work.

 

[davidraphael]

Here are our Villeroy & Boch jugenstil/art nouveau plates (and soup dishes) from 1913. The design is called "Blau Olga"

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[scotrace]

Those are very beautiful. I've never seen that pattern before.

 

[davidraphael]

Yes, I think so, too. I'm not normally a tableware fan - it's more my wife's thing - but these designs I really like a lot.

 

[fortworthgal]

Lovely photos, everyone!! My husband and I collect and enjoy vintage tableware. Our glasses are cut glass designs ranging from the 1930s through probably early 1960s. Our China is Wedgwood "Hedge Rose" and mostly dates to the early 1960s, and our silver is a combination of vintage pieces. Everyday dishes are modern Fiesta, or a collection of white ironstone hotel & diner ware. Our flatware is all vintage that we've collected over the last few years, mostly from 1910s-1940s.

I will have to take some photos to share, but here is a shot of our 1950s Drexel china cabinet with some of our Fiesta & ironstone. This was taken right after we moved into our house, so it looks pretty bare. Rest assured, it is much more loaded-down now.

 

[fortworthgal]

Here are a few photos of our collections. Forewarning - we have a *lot* of dishes for just 2 people! You'll also notice we only collect white.

This is one of our kitchen cabinets and the "daily uses" dishes. On the right is white modern Fiesta, the rest is vintage ironstone & restaurant ware. The mugs are a mix of the same. The mixing bowls on the upper left are my prized Mason Cash set, picked up at a church rummage sale for pennies.

A sampling of our flatware. We have a lot of this style of fork. The teaspoons are a mish-mosh of hotels, schools, clubs, etc. Here we have Baker Hotel, Fort Worth Club, and a Mae Murray souvenir spoon, from a 1925 Photoplay magazine "Silent Film Stars" set made by Oneida.

Wedgwood Hedge Rose, mostly dated between 1962-64.

Another cabinet in our dining room. This is mostly miscellaneous English ironstone patterns, mostly Johnson Bros and Meakin.

An updated shot of our china cabinet:

 

[JoeNiblick]

fortworthgal, what a great collection of whiteware! I'm in the process of building a new home with lots of vintage details, including a "china pantry."

I also *just* found the silverware I've been longing for online. The only problem is the cost! It's called La Maison by Ginkgo:

http://www.ginkgoint.com/lamaison20pcset.aspx

 

[Mangrove]

My collection is a mixture of vintage and new tableware. The cutlery is 1930s Finnish, manufactured by Hackman & Co., while the plate is fairly new Norwegian Figgjo Katinka series. The handles are made of cellulose which has turned from white to yellow during the decades.

 

[Mrs Chaddsley_Corbett]

Alfred Meakin Marigold Pattern, in the Princess shape, this is in green and silver but was also made in orange and silver which is rarer

 

[Flicka]

I've recently started collecting. It started with me accidentally buying a 53 piece set of a pattern that was made by Lidköpings Porslinsfabrik. I actually don't know the name of it, but I'm pretty sure it's 1920's - 1940's. The funny thing is that when I showed it to my mother, she said that her grandmother had that exact pattern - that definitely fits with my assumptions about the date (and points to the earlier part of my estimated period from what i know about her life).

Anyway, after I had 3 packages weighing altogether 50 kilos delivered (to the DHL drop point - have you ever tried lagging home 50 kilos of china without a car? Very interesting experience) I spotted that EXACT coffee pot so of course I had to buy that. Now I have my eye on four coffee cups and saucers - I already have 12 dinner plates, 12 soup plates, 12 dessert plates and 11 small plates, as well as several serving plates and a gorgeous, huge soup terrine with lid - and then I'm ready for a dinner party. So far I paid less than 2 dollars a piece so I think it's a bargain. Sometimes I think I should have waited and snagged a bigger 'name' instead but then I tell myself that riding naked archers are very cool and avante-garde. And I do like that we've had it in the family before!

ETA: just found information online that tells me that it must have been made between 1932-1943. I still have no idea of the name, though, or if it even had any.

 

[tonyb]

Alfred Meakin Marigold Pattern, in the Princess shape, this is in green and silver but was also made in orange and silver which is rarer

Now that stuff is cool. Any notion as to its vintage?

 

[Mrs Chaddsley_Corbett]

I believe it was in production in 1937