We wandered over to a yard sale the other day and I found all.kinds.of.treasures that I will share more about soon. Today, I wanted to share this beautiful set of vintage floral plates and platters and bits- and also ask for your tips on repairing broken pieces.
Vintage Floral Plates & Platters
I will be honest, I first walked right on past these. They were in a big box that was tucked under a table in the garage and I was looking at all the things on the table, rather than under. When we came back through the garage, I saw a single platter sitting on top of the box and had to take a look. I picked up the platter and immediately fell for the delightful vintage floral pattern and colors. So, I started going through the box to see what else there was.
I sorted through the pieces on the top which were piece after piece after piece wrapped in old newspaper from the early 70’s. The box stated there were chipped pieces, and there were several that were broken as well- I didn’t get to the bottom of the box to investigate those or even count exactly how many or what pieces there were included- but there were a lot of pieces that were in good condition.
The box was marked $20 for all- but it was the last day of the sale which made everything from 50- 75% off. Since I had a pile of things – I don’t know exactly what she ended up charging me for this particular box – but all together, it was just $40 for the whole pile so, guessing about $5 for the box.
All the Details
There are a lot of vintage floral plates- mostly dinner plates- I think 11 of them which is amazing. And there are some salad plates, soup bowls, a lot of small butter pats maybe? Several large platters, a gravy boat plate, long narrow plates like for holding a piece of bread but in a long form rather than usual bread plate size, saucers and small plates and 2 tureens – one that has a flower frog inside which is really neat. Then there are about 6 or 7 broken dishes as well. There are I don’t know the pattern name on these- but they are made by D&G from Limoges.
On the table
These are going to be beautiful on the table- so stay tuned for a proper styling.
Question
So my question for you all is- has anyone ever repaired plates, platters, etc. and been able to use them safely? There are some pieces that are just broken into 2 pieces that I think will go back together easily but it has been years since I repaired anything like this and am not sure what the go -to would be. Super glue? Or what is the safe recommendation for plates and products to repair?
Maybe there isn’t any- and in that case, those pieces will just be for display I suppose. I just thought maybe one of you might be knowledgeable and have a good idea what direction to go in. Thank you in advance for any help there!
Stay tuned for a flower filled table setting coming your way with these!
What do you think of them? Would you have brought them home with you?
For more on collecting vintage china- you might enjoy this post HERE
Happy Monday friends.
Oh girl! I wouid have scooped those up quickly! Absolutely love the pattern! Good buy!!!
No hesitation…yes!! Those chippies are useful for “holding stuff,” playe rail & I put a vine (ivy) trailer over crack, etc etc Sometimes a paper doiley & pastey, bread, etc c/b used… franki
So lovely, love the colors and pattern! Great find!
I used to pour and fire porcelain. If the plates are porcelain then they are fired at a high temperature and are fused like glass. You need to use a cement like 527 or a 2 part epoxy. not a water based glue that needs to be absorbed to adhere.
This is an incredible find Courtney! I use E6000 to glue this type of stuff, but not sure if food safe and/or if it matters with this type of treatment. If for display only it should be fine. Good luck and looking forward to the table setting with these pretties. XO- MaryJo
I don’t think you could use any glue it would bot be food safe. I’m no help there but I would have bought the dishes. They are very pretty and though you can find 2 or 3 pieces at a time it is hard to find many of the same pattern.
This is outside the box, but. Whenever I get a box lot of gorgeous dishes and some are chipped or broken. I use them in my garden as edging. So Pretty and girly.
Meant to put not be food safe. Courtney is there any way you can darken itthe comment box lettering? It is fine once you send it but is so light when you type it.
They are adorable. I like the wispy nature to them. I have so many plates. My grandkids teased me I had 91 plates on the walls at one point. I am 74 yrs old now and still bring home vases pitchers(all sizes) and red and white or blue and white transferware. Of course I have lots of tureeans and with patterns I plant bu;bs in or little faux christmas trees in season. I have plenty white ironstone too. . I have a very small home so I am picky now what I can bring home.
BEAUTIFUL, VINTAGE dinnerware. I love the pretty floral design. 🩷🌷🪻
Oh they are delightful!!! I love dishes etc .. and sill look at vintage ones.. can’t wait to see your settings!!
Many major museums employ craftspeople capable of repairing antique porcelain. It isn’t inexpensive and you might just want to use the broken pieces to make mosaics.
I love plates and am al diplay them in my home. Thanks for your post.
I love these plates but then I am a plate fanatic! So….anyways I googled glue that would be safe to use and believe it or not they suggested Elmer’s glue since it is non toxic since it doesn’t have acid in its chemical makeup and they said it works on ceramics. Then it mentioned that there is a ceramic super glue liquid that is food safe also. But I didn’t get the name. Sorry. Then they mentioned Loctite Stik ‘n Seal Indoor Adhesive which is supposed to be for repairing dishes. I hope this helps. But thise dishes you found are just lovely!
Send me the broken plates and i will make some amazingly beautiful jewelry for you!!
Why not make something using the broken ones in a mosaic kind of thing, you could decorate a pot or a vaseor even a TABLETOP using tile adhesive and grout. if you cut carefullly and keep them in order you can reproduce the pattern only it will be slightly apart depending on how thick you want the grount lines to be. what a sweet floral design!
I love them! What a score, a box full of Limoges for $5? Crazy! But then i do love dishes, might be a sickness, lol. Cant wait to see how you use them.
Oh these are so GORGEOUS! Even though i don’t need more dishes i would have scooped them up and paid full price! And the fact that they’re limoges is a eeal score!
What treasures! And how nice those sweet dishes that were stuffed in a box have found a loving home!
Replacements.com. You can send them pictures of the plates and types (salad, Dinner, Etc.) and they can identify the pattern for you. Also the Japanese often repair broken pottery with gold and while it still shows that it is broken if makes a statement about reusing items and is considered to be a really great idea.
Check out ceramic plate repair with milk.
Oh they would have come with me for sure! Are blue/purple flowers bachelor buttons on the plates? They look like it. Love the blue/purple & yellow colors. I hope you display the tureen with the flower frog – how cool. Love the scalloped edges and how sweet they are! Another fabulous score!