Any suggestions on how to display my flow ware and transfer ware dishes without messing them up?
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I collect transfer ware and flow ware dishes. They are blue and white and very pretty. Some of them are very old( from the 1800's) and expensive. I would like to display my collection. I recently saw a magazine that had the dishes hanging on the wall and I liked the way it looked. Is there a way of doing that without damaging my plates and platters? Also, does anyone have any other ideas for displaying my collection? Thank you for your help.
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Most plate hangers have a plastic tubing on the areas that will be in contact with the plate. I am a fan of both items that you collect and I personally feel why collect if you don’t display and enjoy. Another option is individual plate stands. I also like incorporating plates around a picture. This creates a grouping. If you have an open space above you kitchen cabinets mix your collection in with some plain colored pieces of pottery as well as candle sticks.
I’ve seen something clever that you could do if your walls are high enough – A shelf that runs the length of a large wall (or two walls), but very high – about eight inches or a foot down from the ceiling. With the decorative objects displayed on it – really neat!
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Hi, I sell vintage/anitque transferware and my blog is all about it. I do lots of displays and custom wall arrangements for clients. Here’s my blog address. There are alot of transferware/china displays.
As for plate hanging…use the disc hangers. They are safest for your plates. I have a link on my blog to that as well or email me and I’ll send you that website so you can look at them. If you don’t use these and use the wire hangers…make sure you use the ones with plastic tubing around the tip so that they do not scratch your plates.
Also, look at Twitter user Transferware That is my Twitter name…the background is a grouping of plates around an oil painting.
Feel free to email me if you need more help. If I see what you have I could help.
http://www.nancysdailydish.blogspot.com/
Best wishes!