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Cast iron last supper fire back plate/ plaque?
« on: October 25, 2013, 06:43:37 pm »
I got this cast iron gold tone last supper fire back plate or plaque with cut outs.  I can't make out the stamp on the back and can't get a good picture of it.  It says something prod inc.  Trying to figure out age, origin and value.  Can't find an other one on the web like it.  Measures approx. 14" x 8 1/2 ". 
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Re: Cast iron last supper fire back plate/ plaque?
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2013, 06:51:00 pm »
its origin..is the easy part....it was part of a cast iron fireplace...that..i s probably no longer in one piece...and then someone sprayed it gold and had it hanging on a wall,....date wise...early 1900....value if stripped of all that crap....then blackened and polished with zebrite....could see it fetching £100+....or more to a religeous fanatic.... :D
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Re: Cast iron last supper fire back plate/ plaque?
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2013, 06:54:25 pm »
Nice!  I got it for $5.99.  It's a nice piece but very heavy.
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Re: Cast iron last supper fire back plate/ plaque?
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2013, 07:08:19 pm »
Quote from: icedgold10 on October 25, 2013, 06:54:25 pm
Nice!  I got it for $5.99.  It's a nice piece but very heavy.
Very heavy...I should bloody well hope so....after all its cast iron...do yourself a favour...either try and strip that s***..off or get it shot blasted,...then paint it black with matt black metal paint..and then polish it with zebrite...and then for that extra touch mount it on a nice piece of wood...with a margin of approx 2in all round...then punt it...or leave it unmounted and it,ll still fly off the shelf...
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Re: Cast iron last supper fire back plate/ plaque?
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2013, 07:11:26 pm »
I bet you are right.  We have a lot of gold fanatics in this area, they paint everything gold.  lol
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Re: Cast iron last supper fire back plate/ plaque?
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2013, 07:14:40 pm »
Scratch a small place on the back and see if its white under the paint !! I think its plaster, not cast iron !! We had the same plaque back in the 50`s hanging in our dining room !! About the same weight as cast iron and often mistaken !!
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Re: Cast iron last supper fire back plate/ plaque?
« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2013, 07:17:31 pm »
well this is the prime example of...."all that glitters is,nt Gold"
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Re: Cast iron last supper fire back plate/ plaque?
« Reply #7 on: October 25, 2013, 07:35:55 pm »
It is for sure cast iron not plaster.  There is some scratched paint on it.  Metal all the way. 
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Re: Cast iron last supper fire back plate/ plaque?
« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2013, 07:49:39 pm »
Way too small for a fireplace then !! Are you sure its metal ??
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Re: Cast iron last supper fire back plate/ plaque?
« Reply #9 on: October 26, 2013, 02:13:59 am »
pays to check previous posts...."what part of metal all the way"..did,nt you get ;D...as for being way too small...its not...mines has a back plate of 16in x 9.1/2....this one here...is 14in x 14in....i,ve also seen bigger ones...and smaller ones.....it could also be part of the hood....of a cast iron insert...
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Re: Cast iron last supper fire back plate/ plaque?
« Reply #10 on: October 26, 2013, 08:08:59 am »
Because the one we had in the dining room was also gold..identical !! Is there a way to hang it ?? Can`t think of any company that would have put the Lords Supper on an item intended for a fire !! Very disrespectful !!
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Re: Cast iron last supper fire back plate/ plaque?
« Reply #11 on: October 26, 2013, 09:20:51 am »
Disrespectful you say....through who,s eye,s....i can think of far worse things that have been done....with religeous items....than sticking this on a fire...If indeed that,s what it is....but having said that....there are many more where this one came from....
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ANTIQUE-GERMAN-CAST-IRON-STOVE-PANEL-ROMAYNE-HEAD-RELIGIOUS-SCENE-C1580-/190637123908
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Re: Cast iron last supper fire back plate/ plaque?
« Reply #12 on: October 26, 2013, 01:30:45 pm »
I have seen some old plaques like this that were actually surrounded by framing...but not with the cut out sections.  The cut out make me think candle, fire...like indicated above for the stoves.

But this one is cast iron?  Heavy?  Not just metal?
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Re: Cast iron last supper fire back plate/ plaque?
« Reply #13 on: October 26, 2013, 02:20:21 pm »
That silvery gray color does not look like cast iron,, more like spelter !!
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Re: Cast iron last supper fire back plate/ plaque?
« Reply #14 on: October 26, 2013, 02:53:25 pm »
What grey?..we have gold pent, with ..."your words"..white underneath....but now you,re saying cast iron is,nt grey...where do you see that....as for KC,s comment...
"but this one is cast iron"....not just metal....Argh!!...Screammmmmmmmm!!....what is cast iron,.....Metal....and....its Heavy....Then back to cheapo cheater Mart....Its Spelter....LOL!!.....who,s went from plaster to spelter...any advance.....resin perhaps,  ;D
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