Monday 4 March 2013

Charity Shopping - Vintage Tuscan Plates

I found these lovely little vintage pink side plates in a local charity shop today.

 
They are by Tuscan and I think, from the backstamp, that they were produced sometime after 1947.  They also have the initials M. W. T. on them - does anyone know what that means?

 
 
They go so well with all the soft pastel colours on my dresser and I'm really looking forward to using them when I have friends round for coffee.

 
Hope you were lucky charity shopping this weekend.

Come on over to visit Max at Blackbird Has Spoken and see what all the other Op Shop Show Offs have found!

Also joining with Lakota for TaDa! Tuesday - come on over and have a look!

Love, Liz

24 comments:

Ann@A Sentimental Life said...

such sweet little plates!

Plain Jane said...

These are lovely - imagine what they would have been like with a little teapot and some cups and saucers - very ladylike! Not sure about M.W.T. though - would that be the designer? x Jane

Paulette said...

Such delicate flowers with soft shades of color, just beautiful.

Mum said...

They look so delicate.
Love from Mum
xx

miz-bag said...

what beautiful plates...with handpainted decorations too...i imagine that the person who painted them initialed them x x lovely find c c

bellaboo said...

Your plates are really pretty and delicate.I have some Tuscan china also with the same back stamp. I may be wrong, but the initials look like they've been added on after,not at the time of manufacture.I'm sure you'll enjoy using them anyway.

Bellaboo X

Little Nell said...

Lovely delicate colours. A piece of shortbread would set them off nicely!

blackenpot said...

Lovely and with such a delicate pattern. I was at two flea markets at the weekend.

Thank you for sharing.

My Norfolk Life said...

They are so pretty - what a lovely precious find!
Claire

Vintage Sheet Addict said...

Very pretty, great find! :) x

Kezzie said...

Oooh, what nice plates!!!! What a nice find! No idea what the initials mean!x

sky-blu-pink said...

Mmmmm! How gorgeous are these!

Protector of Vintage said...

Oh, those plates are gorgeous!!

September Violets said...

Oh, these plates are so dainty! I picked up a set of 4 dessert plates this week too ... I just can't resist a nice set of cheery plates. I force my family to use them (even though they think I'm being silly), but it just adds a little something special to even a simple cookie! Wendy

Irene said...

Beautiful places with such soft delicate clours.
irene
xxxx

Max said...

hi liz, what a pretty find.
i agree with the commenter above who said they would be the initials of the person who painted the plates, i think it was a quality control thing. looking at your plates i'd say she or he kept their job and went on to paint many more!'
great to have you linking up again this week x

Jumble Tree said...

Such pretty, handpainted plates, what a lovely find! x

A little bit country said...

Love this op shop show off. Your plates are gorgeous. I would have snapped those up too! xo

Curtise said...

They are very pretty, so delicate. I also think the initials would be the person at the factory who did the painting. xxxx

Lakota [Faith Hope and Charity Shopping] said...

These are really pretty, handpainted china is lovely. x

Miss Simmonds Says said...

yep - they're the initial of the person who painted them... and what a lovely job they did too! they're very pretty. They were made between 1947 and 1961 x

Allison said...

they will look perfect on your dresser!....I found some ridgeways this morning....daffs and snowdrops. not springtime here but should help keep me in a springtime mood!
Allison x

Robyn of Oz said...

Gobsmackingly gorgeous!

OP SHOP MAMA said...

THose are glorious! Good score!