Back when little girls aspired to be homemakers, companies made sets of miniature dishes so that they could play house. While miniature tea and china sets were common, dealer Eileen Johnson offered a more unusual set of “Best Maid” hard plastic flatware still on its original graphic-intense card. Complete with 8 bright red knives, spoons, and forks, she believes the set dates back to the 1930s when new forms of plastic were being invented. Eileen Johnson bought the “sanitary plastic” utensils from a private seller in Temecula. She hoped it would scoop up $34 at Down Home American Country Antiques in Orange. Call (714) 288-9208.
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Prussian roses
Deborah Patterson, a dealer at Chapman Antique Mall in Orange, snapped up a 12-piece Prussian salad set for $60 in “Bauer” Bob Lainson’s space.Much frillier than Lainson’s typical brightly-colored early California pottery, the china service is painted with roses and will likely find its way into her Chapman Antique Mall space.
