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RaRa (634 posts) Wed Jun-18-08 04:42 PM
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How can I mount wall plates?
I mean the decorative (dish) kind. I got a bunch today in the mail that were advertised as wall plates, so I assumed that the would have something mountable about them. Nothing. There just big (if pretty) plates. Argh! I don't want to have to pay shipping for the return, plus I really would like to mount them. They are quite heavy for plates. So, I really don't want them falling off the wall either! Any ideas? Thanks
Now, as most here know, franksolich has an impressive collection of Coronation and Jubilee memorabilia, most of it china. I have no idea how I got into this--and really, it's not a big obsession, just a minor one--but I started doing it years ago. I've got china things from the coronation of Edward VII, George V, George VI, and Elizabeth II, and from the anticipated-but-not-done coronation of Edward VIII, and Jubilee things from George V and Elizabeth II.
Now, because I acquired cats when I moved out here, I wouldn't dare put them on the walls.
On the other hand, even when I didn't have cats, I didn't do that.
These are historical artifacts, and need treated with care and respect.
TrogL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Wed Jun-18-08 05:54 PM
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1. They used to have plate brackets
...that you could hang off a nail. They had spring-loaded hooks that kept the plate in place.
amerikat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Wed Jun-18-08 06:58 PM
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2. try this site
http://www.allplatehangers.com/?gclid=COaChLqM_5MCFQEQG...
Okay now, I've been being sure the links work, in case anyone wants to check them out.
sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Thu Jun-19-08 03:29 AM
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3. I use a wire plate hanger
I think I got them at a hardware store. They're like these. They worked really well, I've had 3 plates on them for years. However, we put a tall cabinet next to the wall with the plates and something fell off and hit the plates, and they did pop out and break. You might want to anchor it with some sticky putty stuff.
http://www.hooksandhangers.com/plate_hangers1.htm
But these are pretty nice too. I might switch out my remaining plates and platter for something like this.
http://www.finehomedisplays.com/plateracksandhangers.asp?source=adwords&gclid=CKS6ouX-_5MCFQ77iAodk0dKWQ
Ah, the Whoa_Nelly primitive, the only hard-of-hearing primitive for whom one can possibly have any respect in her dealings with, and acceptance of, her auditory affliction:
Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Thu Jun-19-08 11:01 PM
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4. Since they are heavy, you may want to use a plate wall rack
And it' a great way to display the plates
Some example sites:
(you can google wrought iron plate wack wall for more ideas)
http://www.finehomedisplays.com/plateracks.htm
http://www.shoestringacres.com/stratford.htm
Wash. state Desk Jet Donating Member (918 posts) Fri Jun-20-08 01:34 PM
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5. Slelf
Or fire place mantel, or buy a kit for haning picture frames and epoxy glue,glue the hanging hooks to the plates than add the wire and hang the plates same as a picture on the wall.Take a plate with you to the hardware store and show the sales rep. what you have in mind. You want a epoxy mix that will glue brass to what ever that plates are made of. Thats how people hang plates.
pirhana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri Jun-20-08 05:59 PM
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6. Do you have a BigLots near you?
I was just in there shopping for some other stuff and I saw some there.
They also have great easels for pics/plates that you can use on a shelf, and they look like they cost a heckuva alot more money than $5.
Now, one assumes the primitives are talking about these made-in-China "souvenir" plates from Yellowstone, Yosemite, the Grand Canyon, the Black Hills, what not, those sorts of things.
In that case, it's perfectly okay to ruin them, scraping and scratching their rims, by putting them into wire hangers and having them on the walls. And if the cats knock them down, no big deal, no great loss.
But in case one has such things of authentic historical value, the best bet is either on a miniature easel behind the glass doors of some sort of case, or packed up out of sight.
