Jewelry made from antique broken calendar plates...
Antique calendar plate from 1909 with lots of damage
I have a great love for these old advertising calendar plates...they seem to be one of those things that combine everything that I love in one package: it's a plate, it's old, it's got a beautiful floral transferware design on it...but most especially, it marks a certain point in time. In this case, 1909.
Let's see...in 1909 a newspaper cost 1 cent, coffee was 20 cents a pound, (tea was $1 for 2 lbs, by the way), and a pair of children's shoes cost about $1.50! Hershey bars were 2 cents, but they were a lot smaller than today's 1.65 oz, weighing in at 9/16 oz! To put things a bit more into perspective, the average wage was 22 cents per hour, and the average worker made about $350 a year. We can only wonder what things will be like 100 years from now...
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Cracked antique calendar plate from 1909
William Carlos Williams published his first book of poetry in 1909, and Pablo Picasso first began dabbling in cubism...
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Necklace that I hand crafted from a broken 1909 calendar plate (sold)
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Pin brooch I handcrafted from 1909 calendar plate (sold)
Here are a few necklaces that I just made from the broken plate shown above:
![Broken China Jewelry necklace September 1909 antique calendar plate autumn fruits](https://ny-image3.etsy.com/000/0/5591893/il_570xN.334889767.jpg)
September 1909 available here
![Broken China Jewelry necklace September 1909 antique calendar plate autumn fruits](https://ny-image3.etsy.com/000/0/5591893/il_570xN.334889731.jpg)
September 1909 available here
![Broken China Jewelry necklace November 1909 antique calendar plate holly](https://ny-image1.etsy.com/000/0/5591893/il_570xN.334888357.jpg)
November 1909 necklace available here
![Broken China Jewelry necklace November 1909 antique calendar plate holly](https://ny-image0.etsy.com/000/0/5591893/il_570xN.335021456.jpg)
November 1909 necklace available here
What do you think? Do you like these?
Here are a few necklaces that I just made from the broken plate shown above:
![Broken China Jewelry necklace September 1909 antique calendar plate autumn fruits](https://ny-image3.etsy.com/000/0/5591893/il_570xN.334889767.jpg)
September 1909 available here
![Broken China Jewelry necklace September 1909 antique calendar plate autumn fruits](https://ny-image3.etsy.com/000/0/5591893/il_570xN.334889731.jpg)
September 1909 available here
![Broken China Jewelry necklace November 1909 antique calendar plate holly](https://ny-image1.etsy.com/000/0/5591893/il_570xN.334888357.jpg)
November 1909 necklace available here
![Broken China Jewelry necklace November 1909 antique calendar plate holly](https://ny-image0.etsy.com/000/0/5591893/il_570xN.335021456.jpg)
November 1909 necklace available here
What do you think? Do you like these?
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