Tin Plate 4

This is the last tin plate of my collectibles of four.




This claret-ground design is taken from an English porcelain dish with intricately tooled gilt ornament made at the Worcester factory about 1770-75.

Double Phoenix

Apart from those collectibles I bought when I travel (which in fact I haven't travelled much) or the collectibles I got from my friends, my daughters, etc., I also collect what I consider antiques. There are few plates which once belonged to my grandmother and this is one of them.

This is a vegetable serving plate, 9 1/8" round Double Phoenix, blue castle & garden with roses and lattice. Double Phoenix is a mark used by the Nihon Koshitsu Toki Company (NKT) in Japan. Nikko Ceramics of Japan has been producing dinnerware since 1908. They began selling to the American market in 1968...offering many formal, casual and holiday patterns of bone china and earthenware.

I do not know the exact age of this plate but based on the crazing and from the time I took it from my mom, it must be more than 30 years.

Today, whoever has this same pattern of plates and need a replacement can order from Robbinsnest.

Tin Plates 3

The design of this tin plate showing a view of Orwell Park, Suffolk, is taken from an English transfer-printed plate made by the John and Richard Riley Company in Burslem, Staffordshire, about 1825.




Another tin plate in my collectibles of four.

Chokin Art Collection from Japan

THE ART OF CHOKIN

Chokin is the ancient Japanese art of engraving copper and gilding it with precious 24K Gold and Silver since the 12th century.

The engravings were orginally created to decorate the armament of SAMURAI warriors.

At least I was able to buy a few souvenirs from Narita Airport on my one night only in Japan on the way back from my short trip to USA last year.

Tin Plate 2

Here's another tin plate collectible I bought from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York in 2001.


This floral design with a blue scale background is taken from an English porcelain dish made at the Worcester factory about 1770-75.

Tin Plate 1

During my trip to New York in 2001, I also visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I spent almost the whole day and it's worth the tiredness. I bought four tin plates and this is one of them.

They are light and unbreakable. The original porcelain plates were used in some of the great British houses of centuries ago. People wouldn't know these are not the original porcelain plates until they are picked up.

This design called the “Duke of Gloucester” Pattern is taken from an English Worcester soup plate made about 1780. This plate produced for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by Elite Gift Boxes, England.

It's now standing as a decorative plate in my kitchen and part of my priceless collectibles.

Vietnamese lacquerwares

I got Vietnamese lacquerwares from my supervisor, Mr. Prasong Ongpreechakul who visited Vietnam on an official business in January 2010. He asked me to take one. I took the copper since there were only two colours left, i.e. copper & gold. A few months later, he was kind enough to let me have the other when I shamelessly asked for it. The silver? Hmm. It's an honour my colleague, B-Rachada allowed me to take picture of it. It's clearly seen that they are very tantalizingly beautiful when there are together. A bit sad I had to return it to her. Apart from refrigerator magnets, these are my first collectibles from Vietnam.

Lacquerware is a long-standing Vietnamese tradition. Usually applied to a papier mache object. It is both light and durable and is also an artwork technique. The quality of lacquerware depends upon the number or processes used - good quality products are expensive. A wide range of lacquerware, and lacquer artwork and objects, are available in souvenir shops and galleries in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.