astalweeks Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 today I bought a lace plate (sometimes known as a ribbon plate) for £0.50 in a charity shop. Is this a bargain? or should I morally go back and make a generous donation to the market value? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Check the back for the "Made In China" or "A Gift From Braunston Marina" stamp first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave moore Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Original Victorian plates usually cost between £5 - £20 these days, depending on condition, size and what they commemorate. I started collecting in the mid 60s, I recall paying 7/6d each for a couple. How that equates with current values, I don't know. Hope yours is the real thing! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luctor et emergo Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 (edited) You've been had.. Edited to add, did you at least haggle? Edited October 2, 2014 by luctor et emergo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J R ALSOP Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 I never payed more than 2/6d for a plate in the early 60's, I now have about 500 I must be sitting on a gold mine, or crates with them all packed away in waiting for the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Schweizer Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 today I bought a lace plate (sometimes known as a ribbon plate) for £0.50 in a charity shop. Is this a bargain? or should I morally go back and make a generous donation to the market value? If it is a genuine Victorian or Edwardian one you did well, Ideally it should have transfer image of a tourist location with "A present from Xxxxxx" in gold above the image. Some of the seaside ones are still quite common but even those will fetch £5 minimum. Like Dave, I started collecting them in the early 1960's and from recollection payed about 3/6d each for standard ones going up to around 5/- for rarer ones. I still pick them up occassionally in charity shops for about £1.50, but resist buying from specialist antique dealers these days, I already have far more than I know what to with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astalweeks Posted January 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 today I bought a lace plate (sometimes known as a ribbon plate) for £0.50 in a charity shop. Is this a bargain? or should I morally go back and make a generous donation to the market value? I bought another 2 today from the same charity shop, total cost £0.80, I'm looking forward to the £2 Measham teapot! (Yes they are the genuine articles) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catrin Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 I was told that the earlier ones have something like Bavaria, or an eagle stamped on the back. These make them pre WW1. They stopped stamping it on after that anything German was unpopular after the war. But then, that is what I was told, is there anyone out there who can confirm/deny that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 Original Victorian plates usually cost between £5 - £20 these days, depending on condition, size and what they commemorate. I started collecting in the mid 60s, I recall paying 7/6d each for a couple. How that equates with current values, I don't know. Hope yours is the real thing! Dave Well the OP's 50p is 10/-d in old money so it looks like he has been royally stiffed! MtB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Schweizer Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 (edited) I was told that the earlier ones have something like Bavaria, or an eagle stamped on the back. These make them pre WW1. They stopped stamping it on after that anything German was unpopular after the war. But then, that is what I was told, is there anyone out there who can confirm/deny that? It may be true, in which case most of thiose in my collection are post 1914, but i am not sure. I have dozens of lace edge plates, many of which i believe are Victorian, two have "Bavaria" on the back, one has Dresden (in my dreams!!!) and several have "foreign". A few others have a number (some with a small crown, but the majority have nothing on them at all. Edited January 14, 2015 by David Schweizer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catrin Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 It may be true, in which case most of thiose in my collection are post 1914, but i am not sure. I have dozens of lace edge plates, many of which i believe are Victorian, two have "Bavaria" on the back, one has Dresden (in my dreams!!!) and several have "foreign". A few others have a number (some with a small crown, but the majority have nothing on them at all. Ah, yes, "foreign", I'd forgotten that. I think I was told that is post WW1 code for 'German' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astalweeks Posted September 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 Today's charity shop trawl produced a most peculiar item. A Habitat plate, made of bone china, with a lace plate printed on it. I paid £1 and have since looked it up on Ebay. Like this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Habitat-Ella-Doran-JOANIE-Dessert-Plates-21-5cm-set-of-3-/172236013648 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chertsey Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 I bought another 2 today from the same charity shop, total cost £0.80, I'm looking forward to the £2 Measham teapot! (Yes they are the genuine articles) I did get a £2 - actually £1.50 - Measham teapot in a charity shop on the south coast. It's not a massive one - about 12" high - and the spout had been broken and badly mended, and the knob was missing from the lid. But as luck would have it, OH was doing a pottery repair course at the time. Before and after: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 That's an impressive restoration! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Todd Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 Well the OP's 50p is 10/-d in old money so it looks like he has been royally stiffed! MtB Decimal Day = 1971, last day that 10/- was legal pricing. 10/- then is worth £6.37 today (according to BoE Calculator) so looks like good value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astalweeks Posted November 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2021 Well, it's only taken 7 years but eventually, I have found a Measham tea pot in a charity shop. £15 slight damage to spout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jam Posted November 7, 2021 Report Share Posted November 7, 2021 17 minutes ago, astalweeks said: Well, it's only taken 7 years but eventually, I have found a Measham tea pot in a charity shop. £15 slight damage to spout. But is it a genuine one? there are a large number of reproductions around at the moment., they look good but the decoration is too garish. I should add that I have what I believe to be a genuine pot and also what is definately a reproduction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Schweizer Posted November 7, 2021 Report Share Posted November 7, 2021 (edited) 45 minutes ago, astalweeks said: Well, it's only taken 7 years but eventually, I have found a Measham tea pot in a charity shop. £15 slight damage to spout. My undamaged Measham tea pot is definitely an original, made by Mason Cash and Co. and was bought back in the 1960's from a dealer in Potobello Road. I payed £20 for it which seemed to be a in those days. but I was offered £50 for it a week later. Needless to say I did not accept the offer. Edited November 7, 2021 by David Schweizer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnetman Posted November 8, 2021 Report Share Posted November 8, 2021 I'm still looking for my second Fabergé egg. I always mention to the children that they need to keep an eye out on the charity shops as you never know. The first one was, quite appropriately, from a save the children shop and it was generously priced at £25. Needless to say I snapped it up and was pleasantly surprised by the result at Christie's a few months later when the market was in good shape. It didn't sell due to the reserve I put on it but the interest was enormous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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