Help with baby plates please *pics*

[ayashe]

I've uploaded these to their biggest size, apologies if they're too big. I'll size them down if needed!

We’re having a baby this July! I’ve dug out my old baby plates to hang in baby's room. Would welcome suggestions on any history and/or value, just for fun. Have included photos of front and backs.

PS- We're expecting a boy-- does anyone think these are too 'sissy' for a boy's room? I have pink plates and ones with dolls & kittens on them, so the plates shown here are definitely the more masculine of the collection, lol! My hubby isn't so sure...



Close-up of "Baby" and "Oswald"



"Baby" stamp underneath:



"Oswald" stamp underneath:



Little Jack Horner, front and back:





Yellow plate, front & back (Canonsburg Pottery Co, Made in USA:





Mystery plate (says Germeny on the back and has number I can't quite make out, maybe 149):

[mariok54]

Too 'sissy'?  I could be opening myself up to a load of flack here, but in my opinion there is no such thing. Having a brother 5 years older than me, and who always thought that I was 'too young' to bother with, my main influences were my two older sisters. So my early life was taken up with a mix of dolls and guns (when it was still seen to be OK to let children play with guns), and I think that I've turned out fairly well adjusted ... or so my shrink tells me. 

On the serious matter of the plates .. I'm having difficulty making out some of the backstamps, but I'm sure that some of the others will have more luck.

I say 'hang 'em high, and hang 'em securely' !  and roll on July!

[ayashe]

Haha, thanks mariok54.

I've typed out a description for most of the stamps on the plates above the photos. I figured the pics wouldn't give enough detail of the stamps... but there are a few I can't make out in person.

[mart]

I think they are perfectly appropriate for boy or girl !!  Your son will enter this world as a collector !!  I was raised with two brothers, three male cousins, and many male friends so my toys were also a mixture of guns, model airplanes and cars, with the occassional doll thrown in !!  I think I turned out OK !!  I just relate to men really well !!  Mmmmmm,, might actually help your son in the future !! Do you think ??