Featured Hello everyone! Quick down n dirty question x x HAPPY BOU!!

Looks like you done good! I'd have jumped on those tart(?) pans too; they're neat, and just try finding some in the USA.

That's definitely a Trifari design, done by some bloke named Spaney instead of Alfred Philippe
https://www.illusionjewels.com/patentstrifari1941.html

 

Fabulous,thank you <3

 

What are the leafy and shell-y ones for? x x

 

The shelly ones could be an alternative take on classic French tea cakes called Madeleines. A classic French Madeleine is more elongated though, but Obb mentioned Madeleine, so it could be a British version. I think all of the shapes in the tin could be for tea cakes.
Whatever they are for, I like the tins.

French Madeleines (the way my 'Frenchy' grandmother made them as well):

I found this, on classic French v round Madeleine shells:
http://browncookieblog.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/madeleines-is-traditional-better.html

 

Again,excellent info,thank you <3

I never would have guessed that. Mrs.B did mention madeleines in my previous post but I thought they were the other ones!
Fabullous, thanks everyone for the help as always x x x

 

. A classic French Madeleine is more elongated though, but Obb mentioned Madeleine,
Good lord. I need to learn to read properly,you mentioned my Mrs. B already *sighj* I am always in such a RUSH x x x

 

The long ones are the langues du chat. The plain round ones are for fairy cakes or mince pies, the shells and others for madeleines.

 

In the USA, mince pie is generally a full size pie - generally 9 inches (23cm) in diameter. We'd call the bitty ones mince tarts or maybe hand pies in the southern US states, if you make mince pies with crust top and bottom. Madeleines are oblong and "fluted" - that's one pan I do have in the basement somewhere. A fairy cake looks like what we'd call a cupcake.

 

Thanks everyone x x x x x
Going to try and slow down and read all comments properly next time x x x x

 

The fire of enthusiasm can go into overdrive.
Reading is not my strong point either, and I can only watch television using an HDR, otherwise I miss most things due to ADD. When I watch television with my husband I just look at the pictures.... in between mind-wanderings.

 

I don't have a TV, cannot deal with it, but I can (and do) read for hours...love reading and I DO read properly if I read books, so I have no excuse here! Just always so CITED here x

 

Ah, but what kind of mince?

 

Probably meat, not dried fruit.

 

I was talking with someone in the US the other day about how we Brits spell some words differently.....
Tyres and Tires was one

 

Divided by a common language.
We Dutch have a similar thing with the Flemish. Because we have something called a Language Union, the spelling is the same, but the two kinds of Dutch use different words and expressions sometimes. I live in the border area and have Belgian relatives, so I am used to both Dutch and Flemish.

 

she's not BOVVERED !!!...that is the dog

Many irregularities....US...jump off of a bridge..we jump off a bridge...the usual Z, S variations..we tend to use all of the vowels, whereas the Americans tend to use more words,..for the antique collectors...davenport to us is a desk...sofa is a lounge, lowboy is a desk/side table/and not a chest of drawers or a small wardrobe..just general nomenclature, but we know what it is all about. We oldies only had American publications years ago for reference.. My main trouble is relating to American periods and styles, as most of these we would think generic terms,and as such I am unable to contribute much to American furniture and pottery and porcelain identification.
An overheard conversation from a well respected Antiques dealer to a would be collector many years ago, when asked what an antique was, replied......"If it wasn't made before 1840 and made in England , it isn't an antique', and I accepted this as a guide to collecting....it was obvious later that his collecting life began in the 1940's.
I visit a favourite (another) Antiques shop in the Cotswolds at Chipping Campden, can't move in it but love their setup, whenever we visit the UK, missed out visiting Tetbury, lots there and another village on my list for next time at Lostwithiel, in Cornwall, Doune in Scotland is another.
I had Eric Knowles out here past 2 years UK Antiques Roadshow, when he likened my Antiques shop to the ones that used to be in the UK, but alas no more, we closed ours 6 mths ago.and they are getting harder to find over there .....enough ...enough...regards..pewter2

 

Hello AJ, dialects are noticeable over here ..we can determine to a certain degree which state they are from, just by mannerisms etc, and we notice the different US dialects , twangs , proununciation of the R's etc, the South is probably more obvious, so too NY, we can pick the Scottish origins of some Canadian dialects, so too UK origins ....but we survive and know what they are saying. Glasgow dialect is very broad....good night....keep your feet and your tinder dry...regards ...pewter2

 

Sorry we pinched your thread BoudiccaJones but as soon as I find an Iceni phrase book and dictionary I will include you..thanks for your indulgence....P.S .the Romans were cruel.....regards...pewter2