# What are these plates called? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 30, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-plates-called/620416 "2012-04-30T15:29:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-plates-called/620416/1 "2012-04-30T15:29:25Z")
This picture circulated on Pinterest a while ago. I think these plates are gorgeous and would look just right in my kitchen. My only problem is, what are they? How do I get some? > **[Pin on home.](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/231442868320402160/)** > > Feb 12, 2012 - vintage plates Please help. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-plates-called/620416/2 "2012-04-30T15:32:54Z")
My first impulse was to say it looks like [Delftware](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delftware), but that doesn’t look quite right. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-plates-called/620416/3 "2012-04-30T15:46:39Z")
No, these aren’t flow blue or traditional transferware. If you do a Google image search for “Bohemian plates” you get lots of similar hits. Unfortunately, “Bohemian” can apparently mean cool organic hand-painted designs similar to these, or stuffy Czech glass and china. Everything on eBay is the stuffy kind. ---
**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-plates-called/620416/4 "2012-04-30T16:01:43Z")
You could try asking on Apartment Therapy. They often have questions like this, but the people there know a lot more about home decor than the average Doper (sorry guys). If you don’t find the answer you are looking for on here, I’d do that. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-plates-called/620416/5 "2012-04-30T16:37:38Z")
They made me think of Blue Willow plates but those tend to have something more of a scene, while the ones you linked just have a nice abstract / geometric pattern. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-plates-called/620416/6 "2012-04-30T17:48:13Z")
Looks like the plates are from a [room decorated by a designer named Jenny Wolf](http://www.cococozy.com/2012/01/designer-jenny-wolfs-inspiring-spaces.html). She has a [Web site](http://jennywolfinteriors.com/index.php) for her design firm (with contact info) and a [Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jenny-Wolf-Interiors/183060028458026?sk=wall). ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-plates-called/620416/7 "2012-05-01T00:02:44Z")
The first thing that strikes me is Turkish tilework. Let me find some examples… This [one](http://www.minehediyelik.com/images_012/klasik_images/big/0817.jpg) shows a common pattern of tulips, a flower originating in Turkey and being sold to Holland where it became an insane fad. Not saying that these plates are this [old](http://www.ceramopolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Kutahya-Plate-Pair-of-Birds-18th-Pera-Museum-150x150.jpg), but the stylized birds are painted in a similar manner. What popped into mind immediately was the Blue Mosque, which has an amazing focus on blue tiles, and there was a documentary on the tilemaker who is working on restoring the mosque called [Paradise Found: Islamic Art](http://docuwiki.net/index.php?title=Paradise_Found_-_Islamic_Architecture_and_Arts). ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-plates-called/620416/8 "2012-05-01T13:31:05Z")
Now we’re cooking with gas. That does seem like a possibility. Dag those things are expensive. Jenny Wolf is based in New York. Wonder if she got those plates for $300 apiece at ABC Carpets… ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-plates-called/620416/9 "2012-05-01T13:50:10Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Looks like the plates are from a [room decorated by a designer named Jenny Wolf](http://www.cococozy.com/2012/01/designer-jenny-wolfs-inspiring-spaces.html). > > She has a [Web site](http://jennywolfinteriors.com/index.php) for her design firm (with contact info) and a [Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jenny-Wolf-Interiors/183060028458026?sk=wall). That may be it. I was thinking they were [Kashubian](http://icraft.ca/kashubian-art-gallery), as modulated through the blue-and-white necessities of Delftware (thanks, **Ferret Herder**!), but I see that Delftware can have colours other than blue as well. ---
**Author:** ![ok11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8baadc/32.png) [@ok11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ok11)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-plates-called/620416/10 "2012-05-01T22:45:09Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > My only problem is, what are they? How do I get some? Faience Slice 16-inch platter is $265. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-plates-called/620416/11 "2012-05-02T01:02:27Z")
You clever clogs, you. Too bad they’re too expensive. Oh well (sigh).