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Ideas for Decorating with Plates

Once it was very common to have plates on the walls in Denmark. There was hardly a home in the country that did not have plates on the walls. It was very prestigious as plates were much more expensive at the time.
 
Today the plates are not as much a show of wealth as an expression of personal style and ability to decorate your home. After a long period with very minimalistic design people want some life returned to their homes and many have started to use plates due to their versatility and great diversity in motifs. - In my personal opinion plates should first and foremost be used for decoration and joy. - You can use them as wall decoration, for plates on the table, make them into a cake stand or buy a plate rack and set them as decoration.
 
Plates from producers like Royal Copenhagen, Desiree and Bing & Grondahl are of the highest quality, both technical and artistic! - In fact of just as high quality as blue fluted porcelain.

Tips and Ideas - for the Use of Mother's Day Plates

As mother's day approaches, then what could be more appropriate than showing you some of the many different mother's day plates that are available and how they can be used. In Denmark we celebrate it on the second Sunday of May (13th May this year) like in the USA. Mother's day is not celebrated at the same time everywhere. If you want to see a list of when it is celebrated in different countries, we have a list of mother's days.
Cake stand of mother's day plates
Bing & Grondahl mother's day plates
 
 
Royal Copenhagen mother's day plates
 
Royal Copenhagen mother's day plates
 
 

Ideas for decorating with plates

Ideas for wall decorations with plates

Other types of mother's day plates...

1978 Mother's Day plate , 17cm
Before: 39.04 EUR
Now: 26.97 EUR
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1980 Gustavsberg Mother´s Day plate , 22cm
Before: 39.98 EUR
Now: 26.43 EUR
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1980 Hansa Mother's Day plate, horse, 20cm
Before: 26.43 EUR
Now: 20.2 EUR
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Hummel Mother's day plate from Goebel 1976, 19cm
Before: 39.17 EUR
Now: 19.65 EUR
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1987 Hackefors mother's day plate Bluebell, 20cm
Before: 39.98 EUR
Now: 26.43 EUR
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1971 Porsgrund Mother's Day plate, 13cm
Before: 13.42 EUR
Now: 6.64 EUR
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1985 Porsgrund Mother's Day plate, 13cm
Before: 24.26 EUR
Now: 13.42 EUR
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1973 Ravn Mother's day plate, 20cm
Before: 20.2 EUR
Now: 10.71 EUR
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1975 Royal Heidelberg Mother's Day plate, Singing children, 20cm
Before: 20.33 EUR
Now: 13.42 EUR
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1979 Royal Heidelberg Mother's Day plate, Deer with kid, 20cm
Before: 20.33 EUR
Now: 13.42 EUR
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1978 Royal Copenhagen Mother's Day plate, Motherhood, 15cm
Before: 10.71 EUR
Now: 6.64 EUR
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1980 Steinböck mother's day plate, 4cm x 16cm
Before: 53.54 EUR
Now: 47.3 EUR
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1974 Tettau Mother's day plate, 20cm
Before: 27.11 EUR
Now: 13.42 EUR
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1977 Tettau mother's day plate, 20cm
Before: 27.11 EUR
Now: 13.42 EUR
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1986 Tettau mother's day plate, 20cm
Before: 39.98 EUR
Now: 33.75 EUR
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1971 Famous Danish Artists, mother's Day plate, 17cm
Before: 27.11 EUR
Now: 23.04 EUR
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1983 Rorstrand Mother´s Day plate , 21cm
Before: 27.11 EUR
Now: 8 EUR
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1975 Wedgwood Mother's Day plate, 16cm
Before: 27.11 EUR
Now: 21.69 EUR
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