It is Dresden Plates. Stephanie has been sewing this lovely dresden plate quilt in greens and blues, and there was a giveaway as well, with dresden plate templates.I have not yet tried that pattern, but last week when I cleaned my vase cabinet above the fridge, I found this:
It is a cracked porcelain plate from early 1900, with a perforated metal frame. I believe it is used under a hot coffeepot. We have a perfectly nice name for this thing in Finnish, pannunalunen, but I can't find a translation for it. :-( You must know what I mean!
Here you must click to enlarge the picture to see the connection to the Dresden plates: My plate is manufactured in Dresden, Germany.
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You are welcome to give me a translation of pannunalunen!
I LIKE it. We do have similar items here, but for the life of me I couldn't tell you a NAME for them. Maybe a "pot coaster." No - - - I just made that up.
ReplyDeleteWe do call the cloth version a hot pad.
I'm wondering if it's a trivet. You share the most amazing vintage thingies.
ReplyDeletepannu = pan
ReplyDeletealla = under or underneath
Hence (for) under a pan or pot and therefore a trivet. Makes perfect sense(?)
From www.dictionary.com comes this:
triv·et (trĭv'ĭt)
n.
A metal stand with short feet, used under a hot dish on a table.
A three-legged stand made of metal, used for supporting cooking vessels in a hearth.
I love the word pannunalunen and am saying it over and over again so that I'll never forget it!
ReplyDeleteI don't know what that would translate to, but that is one really unique plate. I love the colors, and from the early 1900's a well, really nice. Perfect post for VTT. Have a great day!
ReplyDeleteThis is so pretty and has a warm aged look to it!
ReplyDeleteI like your vintage plates and if it comes with cracks, so much better.. happy VTT and have a great day!
ReplyDeleteOh.. I already see others have given their idea of the translation which was mine as well.. a Trivet. I like yours! and it does remind me of a dresden plate quilt pattern. :-)
ReplyDeleteWell, I used Google translate and pannu means boiler, kettle, pot or pan and alunen means underlay or mat. So, a pot or kettle mat and we call a trivet. I use them often under hot plates and my teapot.
ReplyDeleteWith the beautiful art deco design I'd say this is definitely early 1900s. What a great piece!
ReplyDeleteWhat a special plate to evocative of the era in Europe. I think it is hard to find the metal trimmed ones. I wonder if it had a coffee pot to go with it originally?
ReplyDeleteI like the logic of the Finnish language.