New brass plates for my prop collection.

New year brings new collection of brass plates to my ever increasing prop collection.  I love the look and feel of authentic silverware, brassware and copper ware. The tarnished look of the silver, the dulled copper and unpolished brass is what I love. When I handle these I start to day dream of who may have owned them where or what country they have come from and the history behind them.It just makes them that little bit more special.

This year my family and friends have gifted me some lovely authentic copper and brass plates.  I am guessing most of these are sourced from someone’s grandma, ebay or charity shops. They range in different sizes and I am seriously in prop heaven at the moment because I love them all. I could not wish for nicer presents.

This plate is really pretty with a scalloped edge. I believe its Indian Origin judging from the motif 
in the centre.

These two oval plates are beautifully etched with intricate patterns. The top one seems to have some sort of animal design whilst the lower one is more floral .They are quite small  
in size but still gorgeous.

 This plate with the leaf design is about 12 cm in diameter and has a lovely scalloped edge.I love the scalloping and its one of my favorites.

The round plate above is the largest with a diameter of 24 cm, it has a few blue spots on it so I am not sure if I should try and clean them or leave them to give it the aged look.

The above two plate are from Jordan. They are unusual in that they are metal but are actually really deep brown in colour and almost look like wood. Both have some geometric pattern on they which makes them really eye catching.
These two small beauties are actually shallow bowls rather than plates. They are only 9 cm in diameter and they compliment the plates beautifully. The one on the right has a love red etching in it. I am not too sure if this is wear on the plate but whatever the reason it makes it very pretty. and the one on the right is just plain gold
I am so excited to feature all these plates in some of my blog posts. This year I am going to work on better styling and food photography so I am excited to use them in some authentic recipe posts.
Here is one example of where I used them.

If you have any ideas or suggestions of where these may have originated from do share with me, I would love to learn more about  their whereabouts and history.

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Nayna Kanabar

A vegetarian influencer that loves to travel and discover new places.

45 thoughts on “New brass plates for my prop collection.

  1. Great post! I've recently invested in some new plates to use in my food photography too. Money well spent! I love these plates. I think fruit would look great in them.

  2. Haha, this made me laugh Nayna. You are always in food prop heaven 😉 Seriously, these plates are just gorgeous, no wonder you were so pleased. And I really like your food styling. I'd be chuffed if mine were half so good.

  3. Gorgeous plates I love the embossing. I am no expert but it appears to date back from indo culture as you said above. The brass finish reminded me of the stone age but as you said it contains an Indian motif and therefore quite clearly orginates from here.

  4. These plates are gorgeous and I love the history that must be behind them. I feel the same way about books. I love finding books with handwritten messages in the covers and wondering who these peopke were and how their book got to me. Obe of my most treasured possesions is a very battered copy of Little Women (my favourite book) with the inscription "to my sister Anne. Merry Christmas 1947, love Daisy" I love it because Anne and Daisy were my great aunts.

  5. These really are beautiful. The two from Jordan are my favourites – but I'm sorry, I'm afraid I'm no expert when it comes to idenifying the origin of some others! They look great underneath your tasty dish, too.

  6. Nice finds! The flower edge shape ones are quite unusual, I have several that are round or oval but not sure I've ever seen the flowery ones before.
    Janie x

  7. What gorgeous plates, the are all amazing, but I love the first one. I love things with a history too them, it makes them all the more special.

  8. These plates are beautiful. I would be happy to display them in their own right but you make food look so good I'm sure they will be in constant use.

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