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Help Please, What is this ? An Ashtray??

Discussion in 'Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain' started by orrbobby, Feb 4, 2021.

  1. orrbobby

    orrbobby Well-Known Member

    Hi everyone, just a quick question. What is this, an ashtray?? The only marks I see on the bottom are three numbers (997) and then possibly another mark but can't make it out. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks :happy: IMG_2735.jpg IMG_2736.jpg IMG_2738.jpg IMG_2737.jpg IMG_2739.jpg
     
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  2. John Brassey

    John Brassey Well-Known Member

    Warming dish. You pour hot water into it and put the cork in. This keeps the plate warm.
     
  3. orrbobby

    orrbobby Well-Known Member

    Wow, do people actually use these things ? I was way off :joyful: Thanks
     
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  4. Marie Forjan

    Marie Forjan Well-Known Member

    I think it would be used maybe for a young child?
     
  5. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    Given the image on it, I would say you're right!
     
  6. orrbobby

    orrbobby Well-Known Member

    Interesting, or maybe a hunter ;) Thanks
     
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  7. sabre123

    sabre123 Well-Known Member

    If you had enough lit cigarettes in there, you may be able to warm up a small side dish, in lieu of warm water.
     
  8. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    It would be a pain to get them all out again though.
     
  9. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    That child looks like he means business :bag:
     
  10. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Heated baby plate/bowl or baby warming dish is what they're called on internet. Who knew? (Rhetorical.)

    Debora
     
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  11. pearlsnblume

    pearlsnblume Well-Known Member

    I just learned something here again.
     
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  12. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    You guys are too young. ;)
     
  13. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    That's my story and I'm sticking with it!

    Debora
     
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  14. SBSVC

    SBSVC Well-Known Member

    My sisters and I (all born in the 1950's) each had one of these at my maternal grandmother's house, (Apparently, my Mom had one when she was little, so Grandma got them for us, too.)

    I can remember eating Campbell's tomato soup out of mine. (...and yes, the soup stayed hot!)

    In the 1980's-early 90's, Mom got MY kids the newer, plastic versions - with an electrical plug to keep the food warm.

    Here's a "sold" one from Limoges, said to be 1950's:

    large_vintage-limoges-heated-baby-bowl_front re.jpg
    vintage-limoges-heated-baby-bowl_0 re.jpg

    from: Vintage Limoges Heated Baby Bowl | Vinterior
     
  15. pearlsnblume

    pearlsnblume Well-Known Member

    That made me remember, my younger brother had a heated dish that my mother used for his powdered cereal mixed with water when he was a baby. Yummmo. LOL
     
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  16. Elias Josefsson

    Elias Josefsson Active Member

  17. Elias Josefsson

    Elias Josefsson Active Member

    French Baby's Dish (Assiette a Bouillie) in Limoges Porcelain ,All French babies are served 'bouillie' for dinner for at least the first year or two of their life. This is a puree, usually of potatoes, meat and vegetables all smushed and mixed together with a little milk which makes a warm, filling and nutricious meal before bedtime...and French babies seem to love it!

    And all French mothers have one of these dishes for serving baby this yummy warm 'glop.' The dish is hollow inside with a little hole at the top where hot water can be poured to keep baby's dinner nice and warm to the very end. There is a little stopper to fill the hole.
     
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