great finds @stracci :) I love the pieces with staple repairs and agree with @Potteryplease, 'it speaks history'
So cool on that staple repair! It speaks history.
...years and years of thrifting, it's the first time I found a staple repair! I was pretty excited about this teacup. Unmarked, possibly Ridgway....
Ah so that's the reason. I just thought aesthetics or to assist bending the staple.
Thanks!! The skill involved is fascinating. None of the holes for the staple legs go through to the face of the plate; there appear to be grooves...
Id agree with the Chinese imari. That red criss cross pattern inside the rim suggests it. Love the branches and leaves in third photo. Delicately...
Yes, it is. Looks like Chinese Imari, rather than Japanese. And 18th century imo. Love the staple repair, so delicately done.
Hello Everyone - My sister-in-law inherited this rice bowl but I don't have enough experience to tell her much about it beyond that I think it's...
It will be a donation. Someone out there will love it, even with its flaws.
I'd probably leave bad enough alone, unless we were somewhere they still do staple repairs. People collect staple-repair pieces.
[ATTACH] What I had not seen until recently is glass with a staple repair. Apparently a common thing. Who knew?...
Wow, amazing that you noticed the staple repair!!! This is one I used to have shown in a earlier thread...
...less poverty than someone absolutely loved that plate. Staple repairs were $$$ and it wasn't worth it to repair lesser porcelains or pottery....
...value as i just wanted to own/see it as you can see has a staple repair right through it, notice they have added the staple to the front...
Old staple repair, and yep, 2 slashes means 2nd quality. 19th c. I think, but not certain.
Ditto. I love staple repaired pieces, and this one is very beautiful.:)
...height. What attracted me to this jug is the wonderful old staple repair that it proudly displays. I believe that it is transfer printed, and...
I’ve never actually used the hydrogen peroxide method of reducing/erasing dirty hairline cracks. If I was going to try I would have used the brown...
Thanks so much for the feedback! :)
...they made too much of it. Damaged is "good luck with that" unless it's got an old staple repair. Stapled pieces can sell just for having the...
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