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Framed a potlid... - 1/7/2007 11:25:18 PM    southern Maine diver Posts: 1436 Joined: 8/13/2005 From: South Berwick, Maine USA Status: offline Hey guys and gals... I found this in November and had it framed in a shadow box.  My wife and I have three kids (teens now) two boys and a girl, so I had this framed and gave it to my wife for Christmas... Any ideas as to origin... time period... value... would be much appreciated... Thanks, Wayne Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: Framed a potlid... - 1/8/2007 12:14:26 AM    capsoda Posts: 7348 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline It looks Post Antebellum. That would be Late Victorian to you yankee folk. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to southern Maine diver) Post #: 2

RE: Framed a potlid... - 1/8/2007 5:44:57 PM    southern Maine diver Posts: 1436 Joined: 8/13/2005 From: South Berwick, Maine USA Status: offline Obi-Wan-Capsoda... I am but a simple man... I understand numbers... years... dates.... not those big words you throw around in your elite, egotesticle world... Do you know what it came from, where it came from, when it came, what the value might be, who last owned it, what it was used for, where it was manufactured, how much it was sold for, ...??????????? You are all knowing... all telling ... and all consuming... all existing...  I am but a humble, old  fat and "stinky" diver..  Perhaps you could share some of your vast knowledge with me How about an Ultra Light??? Wayne (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 3

RE: Framed a potlid... - 1/8/2007 8:53:05 PM    capsoda Posts: 7348 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline quote: Do you know what it came from, where it came from, when it came, what the value might be, who last owned it, what it was used for, where it was manufactured, how much it was sold for, ...??????????? Do you know what it came from {Piles Cream Or Face Balm},where it came from {England}, when it came {1870 to 1890}, what the value might be [ A Dollar Twothirtyeight}, who last owned it { Some Lady Named Ellena Jane Fezziwigg}, what it was used for { To Cover Piles Cream Or Face Balm}, where it was manufactured Upper Hayford, how much it was sold for { One Quid, thirty}, ...??????????? Hows that. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to southern Maine diver) Post #: 4

RE: Framed a potlid... - 1/8/2007 8:59:45 PM    southern Maine diver Posts: 1436 Joined: 8/13/2005 From: South Berwick, Maine USA Status: offline You're Killin me Cap... You're Killin me ... Now, really, what was it used for???  I guess the professional frame job I had done was worth more than the pot lid!!!  Well Pam really loved it though.  It reminded her of the kids and brought a smile to her face, so it was worth every penny to me... Wayne (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 5

RE: Framed a potlid... - 1/8/2007 9:40:03 PM    capsoda Posts: 7348 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Hey Wayne, Probably some kind of makeup, powder or lip coloring. If it is small say 1" to 2", lip coloring. Any bigger makeup or powder. Those can get pretty pricy too. Any writing on the bottom? _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to southern Maine diver) Post #: 6

RE: Framed a potlid... - 1/8/2007 11:20:17 PM    southern Maine diver Posts: 1436 Joined: 8/13/2005 From: South Berwick, Maine USA Status: offline Hey Cap... No writing on the bottom but the lid is about 4 1/2 inches in diameter, so I guess it was some kind of face powder or something?  I don't really know, cause I haven't found but one pot lid... I guess I've passed them over in the past and didn't pay too much attention to them.   This one struck my fancy and Pam really loved it so... I guess I'll be paying more attention to the pot lids underwater from now on... Wayne (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 7

RE: Framed a potlid... - 1/8/2007 11:32:06 PM    Gunsmoke47 Posts: 1151 Joined: 12/29/2003 From: TEXAS Status: offline Hey Wayne, email Trog of this forum. He's one of our friends from down under. He seems to know a lot about pot lids and he is very interested in any American lids so I bet he can give you some good information even if you don't want to sell it.  Kelley (in reply to southern Maine diver) Post #: 8

RE: Framed a potlid... - 1/9/2007 4:39:43 PM    crackpot   Posts: 15 Joined: 5/18/2004 Status: offline Hi, this pot lid has been produced via an electrical process. These neoclassical designs were quite prevalent in the 1850's then again in the late Victoian up to the Art deco period. In the earlier period the designs were made by the Staffordshire potters like Pratts at Fenton, Ridgeways and Mayer using a process involving engraved copper or steel plates. Am however certain your pot lid is made in probably Austria/Germany and would date to the late Victorian period. The transfer is on the surface and commonly called an overglaze pot lid by collectors. The picture was applied much like a decal, then fired. This process is still used today. Value is anyones guess but I would have thought about $20-40. I wrote an article years ago that may be of some interest http://www.go-star.com/antiquing/potlids.htm (in reply to Gunsmoke47) Post #: 9

RE: Framed a potlid... - 1/9/2007 5:32:00 PM    southern Maine diver Posts: 1436 Joined: 8/13/2005 From: South Berwick, Maine USA Status: offline Hey crackpot... Thank you so very much for your input... I really don't know much about the pot lids... But I know it struck a chord with my wife, so I had it framed.  Let me tell you, the framing cost  nearly ten times what the piece was worth, but to see the look in my honey's eyes...  it was well worth it. Anyway, I digress... thank you for your response and hope to see more of you on the forum... Wayne (in reply to crackpot) Post #: 10

RE: Framed a potlid... - 1/9/2007 5:37:03 PM    southern Maine diver Posts: 1436 Joined: 8/13/2005 From: South Berwick, Maine USA Status: offline I guess I'm getting old like my good friend  Obi-Wan-Capsoda... repeating things and all It's a computer glitch....   No... really.... it's a computer glitch~!!!!!!!!!!!!    It has nothing to do with my age... physical appearance or state of mental health... Wayne < Message edited by southern Maine diver -- 1/9/2007 5:39:23 PM > (in reply to crackpot) Post #: 11

RE: Framed a potlid... - 1/9/2007 6:31:27 PM    capsoda Posts: 7348 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Hey Wayne, Who you callin old!!!  where are my glasses....Here they are...Oh...Ok...It says good friend not old friend.  OK _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to southern Maine diver) Post #: 12

RE: Framed a potlid... - 1/12/2007 11:47:51 AM    CALDIGR2   Posts: 428 Joined: 6/20/2005 Status: offline Nice job, Wayne. Bein' a cheapskate Italian-Scots I just cut mine out of 1" oak and cut the hole with a sabre saw. These "hooter" lids are just stuck in the hole and hung on the wall. I made a tight fit so they can't fall out. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Mike Dig no privy before it's time. (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 13

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