mariadnoca
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Portions were clearly different.
Photo: depression era dinner plate size versus contemporary
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mariadnoca
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That’s all on the underside, like cut glass. Only here it’s pressed underneath. The top of the plate itself is smooth. This is anchor hocking “bubble” pattern. Produced from 1934 to 1965. This is “Sapphire blue“ a very pale blue, which mostly shows up when the plates are stacked.
i don’t have all this, but here’s a photo of set where the blue shows better. They made lots of add ons like candlesticks, etc too.
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Well…the American obesity issue (guilty as charged) clearly indicates that plate size change.
Plus the decades-long reality of NOT using plates at all, but simply eating fast food out of bags and paper wrappers can’t have helped.
You must have great thrift stores there. The ones around me are mostly plastic trashy stuff. Plus after last year’s horrific hurricane flooded thousands of homes, the source for donated items is very low.
Plus the decades-long reality of NOT using plates at all, but simply eating fast food out of bags and paper wrappers can’t have helped.
You must have great thrift stores there. The ones around me are mostly plastic trashy stuff. Plus after last year’s horrific hurricane flooded thousands of homes, the source for donated items is very low.
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mariadnoca
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Oh these plates, I have 4, are from waaay back when mom and I went to garage sales and flea mkts…the 70s dare I say. And by far the best place I find today are hospital or cancer type thrift stores. They seem to get high quality donations.
heather_in_sf
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One of my great aunt’s had a set of that, I have a very faint memory of going to her house, and I remember playing with the underside of the plate with my fingers when no one was looking. I agree though about the size of modern dinner plates being so much larger. I actually prefer to eat out of my set’s soup plates, very shallow rimmed bowl with a smaller footprint. It’s just for me so it’s a good portion control..