Vintage French Agriculture Plaques

Have you all seen these before?  I just recently discovered these vintage agricultural plaques which come from France.  These award plaques were presented as prizes at animal shows and agriculture events throughout France.   As far as I know, they are to this day still awarded as such.

 

I purchased my first French plaque a few months back and hung it over my stove in the kitchen. Some of you asked about it after seeing it in this pic from another post I did a few months back.

Since then, I bought a collection of them from a dealer in France and so added several more above the stove.  The remainder of the plaques are in my online shop.  I have another small lot coming from the same French dealer so if they sell well (one sold shortly after being listed) I think I'll continue to buy them from her when she comes across them and I can get enough to make shipping them over here worth while.    Anyway,they go perfect with my bull head planter which also is shown here, hanging over the stove.  

I saw a few that had been converted into lamps so I played around and attached one to a lamp below…I didn't affix it permanently because I'm not sure if that's the lamp I'd want to keep it on but I think I'll play around with the idea some more and see what I come up with!

Wouldn't these be great in a Farmhouse style kitchen or family room, flanking a cow painting or figurine?  

They are currently my new favorite antique…next to transferware of course. 

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