Featured Old porcelain skull and crossbones demitasse and ?

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  1. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    I got these yesterday at a barn sale. I didn't even look at them until I was leaving, because I assumed they were repros.
    Then I picked up a saucer, and realized they are old.
    How old? I know Ernst Bohne & Sohne from Germany made some similar in the late 19th century, but these aren't marked.
    Please forgive my crummy photos and help if you can.
    Any comments welcome.
    Most pieces have small chips, except for the intact footed dish, and the skull cup and saucer in the first photo.

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  2. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Now I've seen everything.

    Debora
     
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  3. johnnycb09

    johnnycb09 Well-Known Member

    How bizarre ! I love them !
     
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  4. Bookahtoo

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  6. LauraGarnet02

    LauraGarnet02 Well-Known Member

    Until you find out there is such thing as a skull appreciation society blog.

    https://skullappreciationsociety.com/blog/skull-tea-set/

    The only similar thing I can find is pinned all over Pinterest by different people, but leads to a dead eBay auction link, but the skull appreciation society has a synopsis of the auction details/description.
    It was a whole tea set, teapot, sugar, creamer, cups, saucers. The cups have handles, but the saucers look identical.
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  7. LauraGarnet02

    LauraGarnet02 Well-Known Member

    I don't think so.
    Darn there was a picture of the bottom of the teapot which sold on eBay on Pinterest and I lost it. But it was unsigned and finished in exactly the same way as the bottom picture you show of your cup.
     
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  8. NewEngland

    NewEngland Well-Known Member

    What a great find. Most of the stuff at the sale I went to this weekend was from the Dollar Store!
     
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  9. Bookahtoo

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    Thanks for that link Laura.

    I'm pretty excited NewEngland. I don't usually go to yard sales, but I knew they had tons of antique books, so that's why I went.
     
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  10. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!


    AND: Very often, pieces made by Bohne have no basemarks whatsoever, but the factory did use three distinct marks on some of their steins. The one found most often is a small anchor with the initials EB on either side of the anchor . The B in middle of anchor is of the older variety .
     
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  11. Bookahtoo

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    The only thing on the bottom of any of my pieces is a small black number 3 on the bottom of one saucer.

    What would you call the little bowl perched on top of the skull and crossbones?
     
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  12. LauraGarnet02

    LauraGarnet02 Well-Known Member

    Is it the right size to be an individual nut dish?
     
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  13. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    WHOA!!! Did you see what some of that stuff sells for????
    Book, yours would be FUN ICE CREAM DISHES!!!!!!!!!!!​

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  14. Bookahtoo

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    It would be a good size for a nut dish.
    Way too small for an ice cream dish. :hilarious:
     
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  15. pearlsnblume

    pearlsnblume Well-Known Member

    No bones about it, make sure you list this in time for Halloween.
    :D:D:D
     
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  16. DizzyDaff

    DizzyDaff Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

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  17. Bookahtoo

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    Thanks for those links DizzyDaff.
     
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  18. DizzyDaff

    DizzyDaff Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

    Welcome Bookahtoo! I enjoy the hunt :peeking:
     
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  20. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    Thank you for that link Debora.
    The teeth look quite different than the ones on mine, I think.
     
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