I’m thinking that the guy who said ‘We are all sexual beings’ never watched an episode of Antiques Roadshow.
I’ll also bet that he never went to a flea market, unlike me, who went last Sunday. It was…an adventure. We saw some dirty jars and broken machines. Ate a banana nut muffin, nearly bought a Mongolian sheep pelt, then had an overly anxious vendor dry spit half a can of Pringles on me.
Have you ever stood next to a wood chipper when the trunk goes in and a projectile cloud of sawdust shoots back? Yeah. It was like that.
My goal was to find a new fixer-upper of a coffee table — no luck, but I did find some clip-on earrings and some honest-to-goodness Wedgwood plates for a dollar a piece. When I found out how much they were it took everything within me to stifle the cry, DOLLER MAKES ME HOLLER HONEY BOOBOO.
But I didn’t.
The plates are now home safely with the rest of my higgledy-piggledy collection of blue and white granny plates. Not that they belonged to my granny, it’s just easier than calling them imitation Spode or inspired by Delft Chinoiserie. In this case, granny plates just sounds sexier.
I love how you put granny and sexy in the same sentence, these are beautiful, the Helen Mirren of plates.
Helen Mirren would totally approve!
EEEE! Great haul, we go on similar adventures a lot of weekends. Small one now yells as she arrives “hope everybody hasn’t bought all the good stuff yet”. We’ve taught her well.
Good work 🙂
And WHY did you not buy said Mongolian sheep pelt? Great plate score!
I know, right? It smelled off. Not bad, but off. I’ll bet Lola would have liked it 🙂
REAL Wedgwood?!?! For a buck!?! Jiminy Christmas. I think the fake ones I bought for my Anthro plate knockoff where a dollar each.
Yes, REAL Wedgwood! Found one selling on Ebay for $18.95. (http://www.ebay.com/itm/1966-Wedgwood-England-Countryside-Blue-10-Dinner-Plate-Very-Good-Condition-/130895196558?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e79f6318e)….For a second there I felt very self congratulatory, but then I realized that they also sell for closer to three or four dollars too. I guess not all Wedgwood is created equal. I still got a bargain!
Nice find! And yes, granny plates does sound sexier 🙂
Just found your lovely blog thanks to Facebook, Kollabora and your awesome fridge pics – really MUST getting wallpapering my appliances! 🙂
Look forward to catching up with all your other posts …..
KnittyNora xx
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EVERYTHING sounds better when it’s Granny’s. “Where ya going?”..Granny’s House. “What cha eatin?” Granny’s Apple Cake…see what I mean?
Granny panties?? lol
Yup. Granny panties fit the bill. Totally.
The dinner plate you have on the top right we eat off of every time we go to my Mother in Law’s for dinner. She bought 4 sets at Safeway years ago. When we eventually move into her house and redo the kitchen I am putting a small section of wall with plate rails to display her old everyday plates. I love the colours. Plus they will look great and a bright orange wall.
I had to turn my laptop upside down to look at the plates. So how about a real plate display photo? Need anymore china? The pattern in the top left was my husband’s grandmother’s everyday china. Need anything else? Big, big church fair sale on Saturday. I’m working on it so I can buy first. Ann
That top left plate is Spode Blue Italian — A lady who works the bridal registry at Macy’s once told me that it was “the quintessential collector’s pattern” because they still make it today. Or you can buy it 50 years old….will probably be able to buy it 50 years from now. I think there are slight variations in the image to tell age, but it’s a good base. I have a few pieces of it from thrift stores but I think the serious collectors swoop it all up! Mine is just hodge podge. If/when I get a real cabinet (where to put it?) I’ll do a nice collection shot! Right now it’s just short stacks around the kitchen. No upper cabinets make it difficult. Right now, the closer to the dishwasher, the more they get used!