Thanks Mart, I didn’t know the little blue one was a “butter warmer”.
How do you tell if they are originals or repros
Jlsherf, your question about “original or repro” can have many answers depending on the item in question. But they all boil down to ….. knowledge, experience, gut-feelings or provenance. In other words, …. its looks, patina, shape, construction and most important of all, …. “
would the reproducing of the item be worthwhile?”
Anyway, I know 4 of the pictured items are “originals” simply because I took them off of a basement shelf of a house in the center of Washington, DC, ….. that I am fairly sure that they had been sitting thereon
since the early 1950’s or before. The home was owned by the father of my friend’s wife (father-in-law) and the one she was born and raised in ….. and he and I were there to get some of the furnishings she wanted because her father sold the house to purchase a condo.
