Scandinavian Tourist(?) Viking(?) Plate - help needed

Discussion in 'Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain' started by LaineyV, Apr 16, 2019.

  1. LaineyV

    LaineyV Active Member

    Hi

    Does anyone know anything about this plate (which I am assuming is a tourist item)?
    Country, Maker etc.

    Thank you as always
    Laine Norway.jpg Norway 2.jpg Norway 3.jpg
     
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  2. Mat

    Mat Well-Known Member

    This is taken from the famous Bayeux tapestry, so I would look for France or Great Britain as an origin of this plate.
     
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  3. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Not Scandinavian. It is a scene from the Bayeux Tapestry, so it could have been made on either side of the Channel.
     
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  4. Mat

    Mat Well-Known Member

    The BX in the mark may stand for Bayeux.
     
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  5. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Sniped by Mat.:D He keeps doing this today, evil man.:hilarious:
     
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  6. Mat

    Mat Well-Known Member

  7. LaineyV

    LaineyV Active Member

    Wow you guys are super speedy !! Good I've got a great base to start my research now. Thank you.
     
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  8. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    It is the part where the Normans ship the horses over to England for the invasion:
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  9. lvetterli

    lvetterli Well-Known Member

    Heehee! So happy to be able to say I've seen that in person! My kids took me on a trip for my 70th birthday last year: London, Paris, Normandy, Marseilles! Spent a full day in Bayeux, farmers market in the morning, Lace Museum, then the tapestry. Once in a lifetime trip!
    Linda
     
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  10. silverthwait

    silverthwait Well-Known Member

    Glad you went to Paris before yesterday! :(
     
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  11. lvetterli

    lvetterli Well-Known Member

    That is what I said to a friend of mine, so glad I had the opportunity to see Notre Dame before, but I grieve for the coming generations who, regardless of the quality of the rebuilding and reconstruction, will never see the antiquities that are gone. A huge piece of history.

    Linda
     
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  12. ALittleBit

    ALittleBit ALittleBit

    They did manage to save the three rose windows.
     
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  13. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    And have only lost about 5 to 10 percent of the artworks.
     
  14. ALittleBit

    ALittleBit ALittleBit

    The French fire brigade chaplain said this morning that the real worry, when everyone was rescuing items, was that they would be damaged whilst being rescued !
     
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  15. Fid

    Fid Well-Known Member

    the motto of the French fire brigade is "sauver ou périr".
     
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