tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77276381021938541452024-03-15T18:09:56.787-07:00Antiques And TeacupsAntiques And Teacups An elegant tea table, Victoriana, antiques, collectibles and moreAntiques And Teacupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00353180034537009493noreply@blogger.comBlogger1031125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727638102193854145.post-45583903104825210952023-09-13T10:56:00.001-07:002023-09-13T10:56:12.011-07:00September is nearly half over? How did that happen!?!<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Somehow, this wasn't posted... no surprise really.... </b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ERfOmY1dPrmmB-CcTIwkBKxKjZLiVZQozuwFv2qbRNDyjBFoA3FGnSCZT7JRahj6YS8YMmsTrhgPygxnlHFgW4iJ1ypf2H02myxwpi9cZPBHsRcLPp0Sie6WlLM_74_c7he10F9cohd-h4NkKnRoptGPFgHZbL1qDhK6-3Qc7GqtI8XyaQ_nt2dOkCE/s1858/September-CDEL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1858" data-original-width="1400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ERfOmY1dPrmmB-CcTIwkBKxKjZLiVZQozuwFv2qbRNDyjBFoA3FGnSCZT7JRahj6YS8YMmsTrhgPygxnlHFgW4iJ1ypf2H02myxwpi9cZPBHsRcLPp0Sie6WlLM_74_c7he10F9cohd-h4NkKnRoptGPFgHZbL1qDhK6-3Qc7GqtI8XyaQ_nt2dOkCE/w301-h400/September-CDEL.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>It is so hard to believe September is here! But... here it is, and fall begins. The illustration is from my favorite Country Diary Of An Edwardian Lady, a book I enjoy looking at while having an afternoon cup of tea break.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVHEd551oM5NqnrQnvKitgQ08-suPDLfPvgfKf6uPqxEArFTBzN35iZ-PQyMnwJdSif-7ZqckzC1TB5u67Ih9zgWAq9-kNuf3GXcJc3n_2YArq5_9CteLU0fR2I75HCXDF-dzCXb_JH1L0HoU2TQ3tbgYRWG3sPbEvqnov5I1-X28Y7WCS6ZQF2rH58Yc/s960/autumn-quote-watch-leaves.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVHEd551oM5NqnrQnvKitgQ08-suPDLfPvgfKf6uPqxEArFTBzN35iZ-PQyMnwJdSif-7ZqckzC1TB5u67Ih9zgWAq9-kNuf3GXcJc3n_2YArq5_9CteLU0fR2I75HCXDF-dzCXb_JH1L0HoU2TQ3tbgYRWG3sPbEvqnov5I1-X28Y7WCS6ZQF2rH58Yc/w400-h400/autumn-quote-watch-leaves.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>This thought so chimes with my life at the moment... so much to still deal with both physically and emotionally... but we must not forget to appreciate and enjoy the gifts we are given.</b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>I am looking forward to my Saturday visit to the Farmer's Market tomorrow... a joy that had been put aside for a couple of years.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>But I am continuing to look forward and accomplish what is needed, as well as what I want to have in my life again.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Some of the items added to Antiques And Teacups this week:</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/emma-bridgewater-mug-black-headed-gull-birds-2006?_pos=1&_sid=013ad8061&_ss=r" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Emma Bridgewater Black Headed Gull mug" border="0" data-original-height="2287" data-original-width="2286" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ5J7aGOjc9S3RYfZG0rtNQaQCf-ky4Kd3THtWJSRFgd_HYssg9PalvWBj4MR-9sx3o0EoPh1piuAqs1pOoWm1OF72hzesRvTcogqVuKAhqGvamL33Is0pJaEsmJJbjKAojFVcZA7Nh_M9e41xBZ_Ni9vvdT3I16t75NtIH7ya4GGC3ZZ0COYGVkDvmmI/w320-h320/2006-Emma-Bridgewater-mug-BlackHeaded-Gull-Birds-a.JPG" title="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/emma-bridgewater-mug-black-headed-gull-birds-2006?_pos=1&_sid=013ad8061&_ss=r" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><h2 itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Emma Bridgewater Mug Black Headed Gull Birds 2006... now sold</span></h2><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/blue-transferware-plate-mausoleum-romantic-staffordshire-1905-cauldon-england?_pos=1&_sid=e6bba874b&_ss=r" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Blue Transferware Plate Mausoleum Romantic Staffordshire 1905 Cauldon England" border="0" data-original-height="2227" data-original-width="2347" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8nkxIYpil6eHZ5S2-AZ235jq3Gn5k-z7M9LavDbIKoQQMFMmqRFxfy5TzAMcwOkR8O0iGojPVOR5imACf4D4XgafFS0TeuWcJ3WhqDznybatOZoRQLsx78QW3OYHVm8FvsIMM9MqW8mzqZQ9BlBm78NtscZalM72OKSUyGLilfdOWRqwXVtX1fFFol8M/w400-h380/1905-romantic-Staffordshire-blue-transferware-plate-Mausoleum-Cauldon-a.JPG" title="Blue Transferware Plate Mausoleum Romantic Staffordshire 1905 Cauldon England" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span><h2 itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/blue-transferware-plate-mausoleum-romantic-staffordshire-1905-cauldon-england?_pos=1&_sid=e6bba874b&_ss=r" target="_blank">Blue Transferware Plate Mausoleum Romantic Staffordshire 1905 Cauldon England</a></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/pink-and-yellow-roses-cup-and-saucer-elizabethan-england-1970s-bone-china?_pos=1&_sid=8fb49688a&_ss=r" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Pink And Yellow Roses Cup And Saucer Elizabethan England 1970s Bone China" border="0" data-original-height="2286" data-original-width="2286" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj41GI2hNxLhk3h95qaJybbNnqyVZ-kRButS3zqap4kdDYOgpYUAvpkeHZHDUhTwXWNolayBZ5ssBhaAm_0zLtmct5b2Oy0p-4JCa1FjeTj_rCtZRuQIjjeLAUHn3lWpVdRRDBbHhdMIzm9G9UwFOUkdROGD5D-NvpTEVaRjsMlAgaeqE_o4LGWXCio30w/w400-h400/1970s-teacup-pink-yellow-roses-Elizabethan-a.JPG" title="Pink And Yellow Roses Cup And Saucer Elizabethan England 1970s Bone China" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-size: small;"><h2 itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 1.333em; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/pink-and-yellow-roses-cup-and-saucer-elizabethan-england-1970s-bone-china?_pos=1&_sid=8fb49688a&_ss=r" target="_blank">Pink And Yellow Roses Cup And Saucer Elizabethan England 1970s Bone China</a></h2></div><div style="font-size: small;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdlekEw845Dru7g52nlkiW7VMXnp4rcig0g2IPgW9bqsvUVA1jwZDs9orb34n8KCxFRWLEuwPGgqHKGSICJ3a-qCMXmDP9Y2ZjXdHme8hUoRVkeY6OZjJMptqx15-0i7uM4fkVuPJ_VnRipIyNP-BHNGjCcIBQLOin0MiMZNmKxH-b25FSws0JAGYblqg/s680/care%20for%20yourself.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="541" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdlekEw845Dru7g52nlkiW7VMXnp4rcig0g2IPgW9bqsvUVA1jwZDs9orb34n8KCxFRWLEuwPGgqHKGSICJ3a-qCMXmDP9Y2ZjXdHme8hUoRVkeY6OZjJMptqx15-0i7uM4fkVuPJ_VnRipIyNP-BHNGjCcIBQLOin0MiMZNmKxH-b25FSws0JAGYblqg/w319-h400/care%20for%20yourself.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia;"><b>I can definitely attest to this.... everyday is an exercise in forcing one foot before the other, dealing with what needs to be done, and MAKING myself eat! </b></span></div><div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia;"><b>Tea is always there, so I add something healthy and tempting to help. </b></span></div><div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia;"><b>And, after several years of not having the time or energy left to do any baking, I plan to get back to making some things to add to me teatimes.</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia;"><b>A comforting ritual to center and continue to find my new place in the world.</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia;"><b>Besides my faith, family and friends, tea is essential!</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia;"><b>I hope you have a week full of joy!</b></span></div></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><p> © copyright 2012 – All rights reserved </p>
<a href=”antiquesandteacups.info“>Antiques And Teacups</a></div>Antiques And Teacupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00353180034537009493noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727638102193854145.post-23144184834531227832023-08-30T17:37:00.002-07:002023-08-30T17:37:31.640-07:00The last week of August<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_qoBxGUHZFf_weXZxHI44G8o0VU2TIKYFyBMjHc08I0D7dtAdHEPbz74I46Q4J5SZbi5KMwuGQRZB5IDFUlYOzmt9CAF6RBYA_v-NJtNpuI3VpSwQVzasFnB4uQEfIJK246HxSvdPJ-u6PCnAiY1lXqY306nkxHc3IAjMf-xGOAueSKhMcltHcex0N4/s1600/August-CDEL-d.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_qoBxGUHZFf_weXZxHI44G8o0VU2TIKYFyBMjHc08I0D7dtAdHEPbz74I46Q4J5SZbi5KMwuGQRZB5IDFUlYOzmt9CAF6RBYA_v-NJtNpuI3VpSwQVzasFnB4uQEfIJK246HxSvdPJ-u6PCnAiY1lXqY306nkxHc3IAjMf-xGOAueSKhMcltHcex0N4/w400-h300/August-CDEL-d.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>An August page from my frequent companion... The Country Diary Of An Edwardian Lady by Edith Holden from 1906... written by someone from the area where my husband was born and lived his early life in Warwickshire near Stratford-on-Avon.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>This week I have been hibernating, as the air coming from the Canadian wildfires has been in the unhealthy level. I have been dealing with headaches, itching eyes and breathing problems. So, the air conditioner and air cleaners are at work! I don't have much desire to be out at the moment, but still missed my weekend visits to the farmer's market and to church services. Hopefully back to normal in a couple of days.</b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBCmBrTsUBTxmk928qNT7Y22fWBPisV5wTFVx6IyvO1grp9DQJRUoXYRpq1Mnsp-4or4IwDMAz9sUBNZ7n_U6zSyx2QkVgx4932rxxOTzB63ltMaB_b3Wvm9MRkoYAqszqATnhSahM-rYdRzh6YyCrQHjTgJdWTr_OtAvxC0X3IAdtuAtZk8EcGpkiROg/s300/AaTC-300X300%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/" border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBCmBrTsUBTxmk928qNT7Y22fWBPisV5wTFVx6IyvO1grp9DQJRUoXYRpq1Mnsp-4or4IwDMAz9sUBNZ7n_U6zSyx2QkVgx4932rxxOTzB63ltMaB_b3Wvm9MRkoYAqszqATnhSahM-rYdRzh6YyCrQHjTgJdWTr_OtAvxC0X3IAdtuAtZk8EcGpkiROg/w200-h200/AaTC-300X300%20(1).jpg" title="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>I have had extra time to work on the chores from my website that have backed up over the last year, now that I have done with most of the chores and paperwork necessary after the loss of a spouse. I am also tending to things that piled up in my office, as they were back in the line of importance behind the necessary things necessitated by my caregiver role. I find myself with empty time, that was otherwise regimented by the 24 hour a day 4 hour medications and nutritional needs of my husband's Parkinson's disease. </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>But....</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>I need some clarity and direction through prayer about what my new reality of life will look like. I know it's only been a few weeks, so I am trying to remain at peace and wait for clarification.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>In the meantime, as was our mantras for the last couple of years especially...</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>One Day At A Time</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>and</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>We Can Do This... only now it is </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>I Can Do This... through the Grace of God</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>"I can do all things through Christ Who strengthens me" Philippians 4:13... which has been proven so true.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>So... this week, here are some of the items I have added to <a href="http://www.antiquesandteacups.com" target="_blank">Antiques And Teacups</a></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDKWe1S2ATcJP4CCUwnwjVtGzMJ-pe6TkoR5hU7-jsC0Pk7edCRgCsqekUUothpUJ5Z9cuyDyZVnXMSTCTgSlM4hXNT6zy4vHqfminD0HKM6BKBEz9McxolLXtY5QdTNavlA5FOxN123-2jjDyyEE9HaKZM1zFNj3y0GHp25mcWsrBow58Wrh373-kEYY/s2286/2-EmmaBall-Dunoon-Devon-mug-b.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/dunoon-devon-emma-ball-mug-english-coastal-villages-devon-england-1?_pos=1&_sid=59ebe28d5&_ss=r" border="0" data-original-height="2286" data-original-width="2286" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDKWe1S2ATcJP4CCUwnwjVtGzMJ-pe6TkoR5hU7-jsC0Pk7edCRgCsqekUUothpUJ5Z9cuyDyZVnXMSTCTgSlM4hXNT6zy4vHqfminD0HKM6BKBEz9McxolLXtY5QdTNavlA5FOxN123-2jjDyyEE9HaKZM1zFNj3y0GHp25mcWsrBow58Wrh373-kEYY/w400-h400/2-EmmaBall-Dunoon-Devon-mug-b.JPG" title="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/dunoon-devon-emma-ball-mug-english-coastal-villages-devon-england-1?_pos=1&_sid=59ebe28d5&_ss=r" width="400" /></a></div><br /><h2 itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 1.333em; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-align: center;">Dunoon Devon Emma Ball Mug English Coastal Villages Devon England</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs1rf8XfDznMN3t_OUxHZFrRZDTpHVYIGrStojOErqmlO6DT0RJTs5qna4yy76rfWdgAkDPaXMqg74K4z2bTr5eMlJ1hkNyEd5cWLDzJlWChY8YAySQpH_MV0ZKQJxzQEQzeF4br9bjndd6_urDTRiTFXnYP5GcqKmjf-DlUqfoTMkPnjEsXswFjrAsFw/s2048/1901-King-Edward-VII-Alexandra-thimble-b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/thimble-king-edward-vii-and-alexandra-1901-coronation-commemorative-english-bone-china?_pos=1&_sid=bc2970fca&_ss=r" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2047" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs1rf8XfDznMN3t_OUxHZFrRZDTpHVYIGrStojOErqmlO6DT0RJTs5qna4yy76rfWdgAkDPaXMqg74K4z2bTr5eMlJ1hkNyEd5cWLDzJlWChY8YAySQpH_MV0ZKQJxzQEQzeF4br9bjndd6_urDTRiTFXnYP5GcqKmjf-DlUqfoTMkPnjEsXswFjrAsFw/w400-h400/1901-King-Edward-VII-Alexandra-thimble-b.jpg" title="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/thimble-king-edward-vii-and-alexandra-1901-coronation-commemorative-english-bone-china?_pos=1&_sid=bc2970fca&_ss=r" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h2 itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 1.333em; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-align: center;">Thimble King Edward VII and Alexandra 1901 Coronation Commemorative English Bone China</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkLhOAwRf-6FUC2CCVROfzbWFhmYw5D-RsASjzqzMsswj0UBHtEm2Moh_epYb2s6H3pp4o19Jl7KxzlCLqf3zPFvjQLbWF7RZRnhOWBy7rUDurzJCvwxK1q9aF_MHECzuN0K3yfBh2_HvdhE9obsn2E7Kym9V_Zyv9otkWONzj_FgXM7YqB1QGKir2Um8/s2286/1910-Wedgwood-bluejasperdip-biscuitjar-a.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/edwardian-era-wedgwood-biscuit-barrel-dark-blue-jasper-dip-sacrifice-cookie-jar-silverplate?_pos=5&_sid=b8fb8a6f1&_ss=r" border="0" data-original-height="2286" data-original-width="2286" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkLhOAwRf-6FUC2CCVROfzbWFhmYw5D-RsASjzqzMsswj0UBHtEm2Moh_epYb2s6H3pp4o19Jl7KxzlCLqf3zPFvjQLbWF7RZRnhOWBy7rUDurzJCvwxK1q9aF_MHECzuN0K3yfBh2_HvdhE9obsn2E7Kym9V_Zyv9otkWONzj_FgXM7YqB1QGKir2Um8/w400-h400/1910-Wedgwood-bluejasperdip-biscuitjar-a.JPG" title="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/edwardian-era-wedgwood-biscuit-barrel-dark-blue-jasper-dip-sacrifice-cookie-jar-silverplate?_pos=5&_sid=b8fb8a6f1&_ss=r" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>And more... but that's a sample. </b></span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>I hope this week brings you joy and the appreciation of the many gifts we have... many so simple and small we overlook them...</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>and the people we may take for granted and also overlook...</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>so many treasures to be discovered!</b></span></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDqk_zJRmO70P4LI0sr7FLGZcrxdhQlW7M-rsA4jaxUldKU6BxughYvyAWGOGeztPr6GrtvsHd_4JshsG8299AdPYRI57Wo2U1TAjOLju2zW5OuOpC4J_4GIUXrjLhbugdXEiO9DDSxfRLh2FARxmjV-24o3b1kF95NR4YGWtDB4My_DyRKXH8lieox5k/s960/small-blessings.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<a href=”antiquesandteacups.info“>Antiques And Teacups</a></div>Antiques And Teacupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00353180034537009493noreply@blogger.com27QFP+XR La Grande, OR, USA45.274886599999988 -118.21289117.766609104579068 -153.369141 72.783164095420915 -83.056641tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727638102193854145.post-42144546720753072012023-08-24T08:34:00.001-07:002023-08-24T08:39:42.336-07:00End of August and reinventing life<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPc7xKO6x_XCAtiotxQwh7S7UyuIFsFezi-ktcRw6D-1Uk0VikPJwf7xGaWctUIODL37LclnzG5NIosknEsV_qhTaYLtzUqUHY3Pa0TwlJrxCOxjJ8GD1_L8TI8N-zvEM1FLWgvKl3TcvcbEqnM9bvztwWdQhowVIh5Efl-CLve80BM0dduvT4e2PZEXo/s960/gentle-reminder-soothe-soul.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPc7xKO6x_XCAtiotxQwh7S7UyuIFsFezi-ktcRw6D-1Uk0VikPJwf7xGaWctUIODL37LclnzG5NIosknEsV_qhTaYLtzUqUHY3Pa0TwlJrxCOxjJ8GD1_L8TI8N-zvEM1FLWgvKl3TcvcbEqnM9bvztwWdQhowVIh5Efl-CLve80BM0dduvT4e2PZEXo/w400-h400/gentle-reminder-soothe-soul.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b>This has definitely been my constant thought the last months... nearly a year... as we faced the progression of the disease my beloved husband of 49 years has faced for nearly 30 years.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b>I lost him 4 days short of a his birthday in June, as he peacefully transitioned from life here into the presence of our Lord Jesus, on a Sunday morning, just at the time we would have begun worship in church. </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b>His worship celebration must have been unimaginably glorious!</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCyYqasu2t8rZRrxsmN6vjHRkBoDqSH8d_NL_RxgWR-h8_CaIg-Pep36LnAXcE5kHBL7tFMUPw5R1ljG4Vvg96V3Gq0VNbMCzp_NCv8dPh_lPC3DxfKZ4lZQcPRRZvmEQfrxIvh3ETWqLBHg0GJcIzPffdN9FOxqAfBhyVYOIF6wNv5cfWqrL3EC3Z1qk/s685/tea-art-Japonica%20by%20artist%20Dennis%20Perrin%20(b.1950).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="685" data-original-width="548" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCyYqasu2t8rZRrxsmN6vjHRkBoDqSH8d_NL_RxgWR-h8_CaIg-Pep36LnAXcE5kHBL7tFMUPw5R1ljG4Vvg96V3Gq0VNbMCzp_NCv8dPh_lPC3DxfKZ4lZQcPRRZvmEQfrxIvh3ETWqLBHg0GJcIzPffdN9FOxqAfBhyVYOIF6wNv5cfWqrL3EC3Z1qk/w320-h400/tea-art-Japonica%20by%20artist%20Dennis%20Perrin%20(b.1950).jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Japonica... by contemporary artist Denise Perrin, born 1950</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b>As I contemplate the future I am praying and thinking about what my new life will be. I am so grateful for my daughter, son in law and grandson who moved to the area here 2 years ago to be near us. Between them and the Lord, I would not have coped. My helpers and props were definitely Faith, Family and Friends.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLoOIm5VOJ6eoed6vivVPG2n5R11pdUvfkt7Y1USbTv1kGSVl3aUeeQABQbAA6ly-qFNoV37vY5guz3sK3BRVCPYo9khRrZTCFc8QyBNCJapS7BRIcSnzwvPKr26zsy9gvbAEtUcnMmvQWg4S1SG7mCvpx6fTOxzWfavY_4-M9vqjfL84moJr6gGGW4xI/s632/Friends-teacup-Judy%20May.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLoOIm5VOJ6eoed6vivVPG2n5R11pdUvfkt7Y1USbTv1kGSVl3aUeeQABQbAA6ly-qFNoV37vY5guz3sK3BRVCPYo9khRrZTCFc8QyBNCJapS7BRIcSnzwvPKr26zsy9gvbAEtUcnMmvQWg4S1SG7mCvpx6fTOxzWfavY_4-M9vqjfL84moJr6gGGW4xI/w316-h400/Friends-teacup-Judy%20May.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">By Judy May</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b>I am planning to get back to blogging, for myself, and because I still have my small business <a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/" target="_blank">Antiques And Teacups</a>.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij3874c9Vsga1jgjr0b8-GxRxAy9omXjGUCOBgSv0wamVuj6-OuvI3an9c5XjL9GBoCvHw2o5CX8MFtF8KCyckhlBfEzNHxGemsev9pKbRVQis_xCpLOQtFT9jY-0HJI0OEC2Jeax7YyS2dCYYsRwQqBZBt_ZjFlq1KyBKj8-0emDyLML7AY6pEOx_-k8/s320/AaTC%20ad%20500X500.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b>The business is both a reminder of something we shared for so many years as well as something I can focus on and be productive rather than sadness. So it is welcome.</b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b>I will be posting things I add to the shop first, then perhaps be ready to get back to the type of blog posts I have loved to do in the past, celebrating holidays, research, teacups and enjoying tea with friends!</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhabaaPHlWDGH5cxjlV4yjJ3a59o-AugrKycY2h3bCC9KswL8lAZl4DoucvpJmUna0RXlgsgGD6wQ9THz0oxaM96QBsPVyPMPGaGlNjc8vPS71leN_N0_SKRUrp5lI0uGbeYyITFLhKHZA5xUJER57exWZqA1tDJRWHwhz6FG6WC4RgovqdUCLLL6vh9Nc/s843/friend-for-life-EarleneGrey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="843" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhabaaPHlWDGH5cxjlV4yjJ3a59o-AugrKycY2h3bCC9KswL8lAZl4DoucvpJmUna0RXlgsgGD6wQ9THz0oxaM96QBsPVyPMPGaGlNjc8vPS71leN_N0_SKRUrp5lI0uGbeYyITFLhKHZA5xUJER57exWZqA1tDJRWHwhz6FG6WC4RgovqdUCLLL6vh9Nc/w400-h400/friend-for-life-EarleneGrey.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">By poet and author Earlene Grey<br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><p> © copyright 2012 – All rights reserved </p>
<a href=”antiquesandteacups.info“>Antiques And Teacups</a></div>Antiques And Teacupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00353180034537009493noreply@blogger.com5Q3HM+5H Galena, OR, USA44.7779361 -118.91601617.269658604579078 -154.072266 72.286213595420918 -83.759766tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727638102193854145.post-38085142745924340932022-05-10T07:00:00.001-07:002022-05-10T07:00:00.190-07:00Tea Quote, Shelley Primrose Teacup and My Current Fav Tea Blend<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1ea883; font-family: georgia;"><b><i> Spring is here indeed! As my allergies attest... but spring is always a hopeful season.</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBkdDBKI3EXCmmpPiHwZDDBJCjej7QmrvW99QL4kE3BfyiMdXtSB4FQUnGYoK37gItR_VzrfVgTcpgenNDaM2p_wYRsgFSDYnN6lpsbDPKXc6s-iOJxQG3QnZQ_lsMDfvhE-CWUiEZrKGjwIcLrSGHo3JVaixzHcSbBS6y8RAbmgUdI2rr0W3Qkjxv/s890/spring-china-1960s-Shelley-Primrose-teacup-Atholl-a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/shelley-cup-and-saucer-primrose-atholl-thorn-shape-gold-trim-1960s?_pos=1&_sid=35eb2f125&_ss=r" border="0" data-original-height="743" data-original-width="890" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBkdDBKI3EXCmmpPiHwZDDBJCjej7QmrvW99QL4kE3BfyiMdXtSB4FQUnGYoK37gItR_VzrfVgTcpgenNDaM2p_wYRsgFSDYnN6lpsbDPKXc6s-iOJxQG3QnZQ_lsMDfvhE-CWUiEZrKGjwIcLrSGHo3JVaixzHcSbBS6y8RAbmgUdI2rr0W3Qkjxv/w400-h334/spring-china-1960s-Shelley-Primrose-teacup-Atholl-a.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><br /><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The above is a Shelley, England teacup in the unusual Atholl shape in the Primrose pattern. The shape is not often seen, although the pattern was used for many years on many shapes. I just speaks of the cheerful thought induced by the burgeoning blooms of spring.</span></b></i></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia;"><i><b>I came across a quote about tea that I especially liked while reading a book on my Kindle. The book is called Listen To Your Heart from a collection of books bundles under the title Darcy And... by Leenie Brown...</b></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRPiIlh8tdkUNYhmvQnpwkvtbmZIBplMw7ZQom1MPNaL8d3q_EjrCKK6XCdCx7aAlErEVGb-nlXwyMROlLps6OZD1Xxc8DH2xFG8_WVReIGkhRuuzvT4f319hnChluu2ZkexhImyysFDAIm0sOhWufN65v1BX4iML_G8bhc2ZH4RanbGMmE3-Xzyl2/s2883/Darcy-and-collection-Leenie-Brown.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2883" data-original-width="2596" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRPiIlh8tdkUNYhmvQnpwkvtbmZIBplMw7ZQom1MPNaL8d3q_EjrCKK6XCdCx7aAlErEVGb-nlXwyMROlLps6OZD1Xxc8DH2xFG8_WVReIGkhRuuzvT4f319hnChluu2ZkexhImyysFDAIm0sOhWufN65v1BX4iML_G8bhc2ZH4RanbGMmE3-Xzyl2/w255-h283/Darcy-and-collection-Leenie-Brown.JPG" width="255" /></a></i></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia;"><i><br /><b><br /></b></i></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><i><b>"Anne cradled her teacup in her hands, warming them. She inhaled deeply of the fragrance. To her, there was more comfort to be found in a simple cup of tea than the mere drinking of it. It was an experience to be savoured, and the first cup in the morning served as a source of pleasure and a time of reflection."</b></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSVfAnVRAJxzskXqjObwnW07XGogMJf3cNyCqQVsScIPHBS_Zt8xj58mJgOmzzTNLAZP9wqAyKfzyMEPDEaHKDvPWBCoC-dOFUqH7GsGuJM_ryh-0rLJWNLmvtW3kXaJslyuZd6Pz7jfQT_rsvn_b0wzXTOrnunFfLfdaFf1tG3pgW1baWTMOCtGJY/s104/small%20teacup.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="84" data-original-width="104" height="84" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSVfAnVRAJxzskXqjObwnW07XGogMJf3cNyCqQVsScIPHBS_Zt8xj58mJgOmzzTNLAZP9wqAyKfzyMEPDEaHKDvPWBCoC-dOFUqH7GsGuJM_ryh-0rLJWNLmvtW3kXaJslyuZd6Pz7jfQT_rsvn_b0wzXTOrnunFfLfdaFf1tG3pgW1baWTMOCtGJY/s1600/small%20teacup.bmp" width="104" /></a></i></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><i style="color: #38761d;"><b>That is so very true for me as well. It struck me this morning, as I sat with my first cup... of my current favorite Victorian London Fog by Harney & Sons tea...</b></i></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG9ijUTDGwv9pNmQwAezwOnn3KQ47UEu7enEQL-3lbO-MZVIav_TCwmHu650Dt0087-MpoEz6Ks3bhgyCmyPhcDAec-Qk3Fw63EeKwWKHrn3xwriUucVzjbqsb4-sbTdt75bkE1hJdjbjuqOw2Cc2hSZNRscGgWuGtkkN89bM0oRWlPSnJ8YpThsCM/s1000/tea-Harney-Victorian-London-Fog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="https://www.harney.com/products/victorian-london-fog-hrp-tin-of-30-sachets" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG9ijUTDGwv9pNmQwAezwOnn3KQ47UEu7enEQL-3lbO-MZVIav_TCwmHu650Dt0087-MpoEz6Ks3bhgyCmyPhcDAec-Qk3Fw63EeKwWKHrn3xwriUucVzjbqsb4-sbTdt75bkE1hJdjbjuqOw2Cc2hSZNRscGgWuGtkkN89bM0oRWlPSnJ8YpThsCM/w400-h400/tea-Harney-Victorian-London-Fog.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia;"><i><b>that the quote certainly put into words my own experience. The first cup, after devotions, then waking my husband for his first major medications, was indeed the essence of peace and reflection I need each day to begin. </b></i></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia;"><i><b>I am very grateful for peace and joy found in such a small thing in the midst of the fact that each day is a new challenge and totally unpredictable.</b></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia;"><i><b>But...that, too can be a source of pleasure.</b></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia;"><i><b>:)</b></i></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><p> © copyright 2012 – All rights reserved </p>
<a href=”antiquesandteacups.info“>Antiques And Teacups</a></div>Antiques And Teacupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00353180034537009493noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727638102193854145.post-48674325772247862652022-05-04T06:19:00.000-07:002022-05-04T06:19:32.229-07:00Happy Mother's Day USA... and again remembering a past one at Harrods in London<p> <b style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-align: center;"><i>Wishing you all a Happy Mother's Day on Sunday May 8th.....for everyone who is a mother or who has "mothered". ie nurtured and mentored someone!</i></b></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>and this weekend is also the Kentucky Derby on May 7th... </i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>I have not been blogging because life is a bit complicated with my dear husband's Parkinson's disease, but I will try to begin doing so again because I miss the focus on the joys in my life!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6mC4Ehy13_g1QZHT9o1X8VtzRi7rwX_Gu4S_cOYvMYp947SxD1aoSuR6VWwFwuemy85MyiBnSSez8Jul2161h9TV8nVgpX7he4GlR14nZMPoUypvegK2_CkCJ2Pevm9c8NlSDWQvufhc/s1600/mothersday-teapot.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="500" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6mC4Ehy13_g1QZHT9o1X8VtzRi7rwX_Gu4S_cOYvMYp947SxD1aoSuR6VWwFwuemy85MyiBnSSez8Jul2161h9TV8nVgpX7he4GlR14nZMPoUypvegK2_CkCJ2Pevm9c8NlSDWQvufhc/s320/mothersday-teapot.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i> I remembered that a few years ago this week we were in London for our week at the start of our then annual month long buying for <a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/">Antiques And Teacups</a> and <a href="https://www.timewasantiques.net/">Time Was Antiques</a> and visiting trip in England, and wanted to share one of our favorite venues for tea...both posh and pleb....<a href="http://www.harrods.com/visiting-the-store">Harrod's</a> super department store in the Knightsbridge section of London....warning: photo heavy post!!! </i></b></span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnBmXvaKqhjIXCkixQH7MJVuI0YCk5dPvJVfyoXwHIJZARa1AI_g1lNdzuiwm3dSFKAlEiLdxBCRfb_wNUPZD7HPph7wiwr_my65iQutzbpxAFPLx1AjtQNFN39EkVpj7L4B8Lykb8Fujq/s1600/harrods.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnBmXvaKqhjIXCkixQH7MJVuI0YCk5dPvJVfyoXwHIJZARa1AI_g1lNdzuiwm3dSFKAlEiLdxBCRfb_wNUPZD7HPph7wiwr_my65iQutzbpxAFPLx1AjtQNFN39EkVpj7L4B8Lykb8Fujq/s1600/harrods.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Harrods is a must if you visit London, although we didn't often buy anything among the designer goods upstairs...one year brought back signature Harrods carrier bags as Christmas gifts for everyone....</b></i></b></span></div><br /><b style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i><br /></i></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBDFw_bQGj_yLj2wyhHqA_mBQyhFcYEXxHi9gRIb0rCqViWkWCluZwCWovNDlqBmrbwcoeogzmOPcc2A5Yf29mfb2sHY5C0CgXVs8FJuMWOqv-wCR7jx2eABhrl4LIUucmFBpaeHiQmtWP/s1600/harrods-bags.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBDFw_bQGj_yLj2wyhHqA_mBQyhFcYEXxHi9gRIb0rCqViWkWCluZwCWovNDlqBmrbwcoeogzmOPcc2A5Yf29mfb2sHY5C0CgXVs8FJuMWOqv-wCR7jx2eABhrl4LIUucmFBpaeHiQmtWP/s1600/harrods-bags.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i><br /></i></b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Most things were beyond our budget....except the <a href="http://www.harrods.com/food-and-wine">Food Hall</a> in the basement!</i></b></div><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju-ESc8Zox35VsxpbTGvb32MdofH1Tkdf5-ClFTtJ-7hA42Az82ujiiWGEk89R6zuxqGKo7kIuKSKOWJIS6tO24NWZQ7ZhXPbX7o3Z9Aamh47maQz6qsKZdu-FLnoGfnAtiXY5jypKHz92/s1600/harrods-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju-ESc8Zox35VsxpbTGvb32MdofH1Tkdf5-ClFTtJ-7hA42Az82ujiiWGEk89R6zuxqGKo7kIuKSKOWJIS6tO24NWZQ7ZhXPbX7o3Z9Aamh47maQz6qsKZdu-FLnoGfnAtiXY5jypKHz92/s1600/harrods-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i> There are lots of tea items in this post...but only one teacup...and here it is....</i></b></span></div><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA0HMNAVdR0eqXit5zhGOrjFEyeDsEJluWjomkwX1rHX3GW6IWe6XZiA0jIE8FP99hJ6MLFR_GiCnCxFmv9GcuYHybmhObLEPaPdAkIq3pRHAiinZI_YvxMOEuOQMD7NuFPSSiMlT5x7X_/s1600/Harrods-the-Georgian.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA0HMNAVdR0eqXit5zhGOrjFEyeDsEJluWjomkwX1rHX3GW6IWe6XZiA0jIE8FP99hJ6MLFR_GiCnCxFmv9GcuYHybmhObLEPaPdAkIq3pRHAiinZI_YvxMOEuOQMD7NuFPSSiMlT5x7X_/s1600/Harrods-the-Georgian.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>From the posh Georgian Restaurant on the second floor...to the plebian...if you can call it that...Food Halls...an amazing place! These photos are from several different annual visits....and I hope you can get a feel for the place...you will find everything for a meal, a picnic tea or eat in the various eateries and cafe's scattered around....</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjoWf0t4Fe9Mx3oBOIL7W1DDPw6l6zB0bQ11cLsA3om-prHMQ-0rWVrGFtseiupRY6V5P3FjdN7sEqMD8D_p6AzQ6wOX59F-GCbnRxzwSRUz1Kt5fMLJwzi687F9VaZtzGZn8MiSJYVW3W/s1600/Harrods-food+hall-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjoWf0t4Fe9Mx3oBOIL7W1DDPw6l6zB0bQ11cLsA3om-prHMQ-0rWVrGFtseiupRY6V5P3FjdN7sEqMD8D_p6AzQ6wOX59F-GCbnRxzwSRUz1Kt5fMLJwzi687F9VaZtzGZn8MiSJYVW3W/s1600/Harrods-food+hall-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>The scope of the place is amazing...a cavern of gastronomic treats....and so many trained staff with specialties in their areas whether tea, coffee, pastries, meats or any type of delicacy....</i></b></span></div><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4LKa1_0b3meeDZwKpl_PmnMBzJAWmmHOoRzxNJJKcaos2I2HIMiODabM9xUG3sLaB-e25UxOJ4JA1KGMUh5AriO75RKT3jK-GxQ3G_tzs4Lg8CqJQJSPZRcCm0MIKuG1Phre8RN0_N_AV/s1600/Harrods-food-hall-8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4LKa1_0b3meeDZwKpl_PmnMBzJAWmmHOoRzxNJJKcaos2I2HIMiODabM9xUG3sLaB-e25UxOJ4JA1KGMUh5AriO75RKT3jK-GxQ3G_tzs4Lg8CqJQJSPZRcCm0MIKuG1Phre8RN0_N_AV/s1600/Harrods-food-hall-8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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And the wonderful choices! Get ready to drool...you are spoilt for choice, and a quick decision is difficult to find here....</i></b></span></div><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsKTvUqCvAC0lckUdezVCfutiPSSASEz4KuOAz3Dggb8_ALNyFvu4UCRMiy5PYWn654e86Za38SZqMH3pCB1DiFyKrF8f87LbKJtWrj67z-7P97Z4Xr7pZewJEyffQWftFLDE2mHtK-T5w/s1600/Harrods-food-hall-6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsKTvUqCvAC0lckUdezVCfutiPSSASEz4KuOAz3Dggb8_ALNyFvu4UCRMiy5PYWn654e86Za38SZqMH3pCB1DiFyKrF8f87LbKJtWrj67z-7P97Z4Xr7pZewJEyffQWftFLDE2mHtK-T5w/s1600/Harrods-food-hall-6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Are you hungry yet???</i></b></span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZvYbSkmXFFbX4htxdxGp1TbcGThO4AaXgdAvuXJxXsV0Ued6gyz2QaVmOvwhInPDPabwbYNP2rN-yA23TOUys8Fx-HgDb8nktKqDw_4Wn1ebOCUhUPI5opG6QIZ0uiPGwnY1V8nQ6Mfcr/s1600/Harrods-food-hall-10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZvYbSkmXFFbX4htxdxGp1TbcGThO4AaXgdAvuXJxXsV0Ued6gyz2QaVmOvwhInPDPabwbYNP2rN-yA23TOUys8Fx-HgDb8nktKqDw_4Wn1ebOCUhUPI5opG6QIZ0uiPGwnY1V8nQ6Mfcr/s1600/Harrods-food-hall-10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>There is always a trained staff of tea sommeliers on hand to help you choose the right blend as well....we always plan at least an hour wandering around in the Food Hall, then choose our items and find a table and enjoyed. The place is an experience I hope each and every one of you gets to experience some day. It's one of things that we miss now we can no longer make the trip to England, even though for the last 10 years we had been taking a ship across. But my husband's Parkinson's Disease makes the airplane flight to the east coast from here in Washington state undoable. So our visits home are at an end. But we were blessed to have gone so many times. We are very blessed and very grateful!</i></b></span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirF-WAMcIVzc_48Ze2uLWVyTkbnEZibAUmepOZ9TW6CtTxGoSrF3Fb5y5jjKMH6tTTDL1dKVj8yly9y_KAjYiLDTfDPKhu0Y31-PVnJkntAQhgf8I3v2PUjN6Q8TLplMMBuGMbLPH0Ldtw/s1600/harrods-georgian-tea.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirF-WAMcIVzc_48Ze2uLWVyTkbnEZibAUmepOZ9TW6CtTxGoSrF3Fb5y5jjKMH6tTTDL1dKVj8yly9y_KAjYiLDTfDPKhu0Y31-PVnJkntAQhgf8I3v2PUjN6Q8TLplMMBuGMbLPH0Ldtw/s1600/harrods-georgian-tea.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>And of course... always tine of tea to bring home as gifts. </i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Lovely!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Hopefully you can have a lovely tea time with someone you appreciate this weekend!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Our good news is that our daughter, her husband and youngest grandson... if you think young is 30 !... will be permanently moved here from out of state in the next 2 months and we are so excited!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>So... lots of good things to look forward to!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>And my prayer is for your lives to be as blessed!</i></b></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><p> © copyright 2012 – All rights reserved </p>
<a href=”antiquesandteacups.info“>Antiques And Teacups</a></div>Antiques And Teacupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00353180034537009493noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727638102193854145.post-77618455691086174702021-04-14T11:50:00.005-07:002021-04-14T11:50:49.906-07:00Remembering the Titanic <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>I am remembering Titanic...the unsinkable ocean liner that sunk after hitting an iceberg on the night of April 14th thru 15th, 1912.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj54OiCfG2qRtYFzZJeb8TVd3AWDXQAXg8YSPIMrUSZjawGHM24OG-B6SHVjALJqbPuyazFMzZkE5BCDa4nChlPELqaW045dPtIMWyR3DA9PO6mFJsk1jlGd3vNlJfhTNNAJQV_jB_uuQ/s1600/Titanic.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="257" data-original-width="400" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj54OiCfG2qRtYFzZJeb8TVd3AWDXQAXg8YSPIMrUSZjawGHM24OG-B6SHVjALJqbPuyazFMzZkE5BCDa4nChlPELqaW045dPtIMWyR3DA9PO6mFJsk1jlGd3vNlJfhTNNAJQV_jB_uuQ/s400/Titanic.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>The famous White Star ocean liner Titanic sailed with custom designed china for first class passengers from the Royal Crown Derby pottery in England which were reissued for the centennial in 2012, so I am sharing a teacup and teapot from the Titanic china for 1st Class passengers...</i></b></span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.royalcrownderby.co.uk/Titanic_Range_Press_Release.pdf"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV7qcu-SgQoziOHmX0Se1w6JlPl7lkPuBZ3UEIihAYqAEut-BOfShLpv_QNFWjDVAsnsFwzbda8Xx5b6nP4O4-sbojigOHms0K0VSSpalhfE114CK-sZgHpK_Xzd4Wiw7HryI6OHL9MObi/s400/Titanic-pr-doc--2010_thumb.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.royalcrownderby.co.uk/tableware/by-pattern/titanic/"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZl9hXKZFjNoDv7PS_v7x3VbRmWQ5BEO6g-LLUvdlrunGEb8oU8W2XJiQ3bPVCP6rM2oj32h8_cxgxa7fGNSX-RcNX5fcWQbSXdYIUAbtd0r95rDfFx7zL8IX6iK6aOE2Qfz9F2Pqgx8Xb/s400/teapot.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.royalcrownderby.co.uk/tableware/by-pattern/titanic/"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheg5DDf1_L3mImR3M6nCHvEWDfMRgeHMIln4vg78_SZUnc3XzqWn8cPd2__AkC0A9Z17De-S2r0tlNklUS-ILa2lHzAzxpLH0uEoqxSL3K1fpCAbN77ozwNM7ixAuEijxeX7OqAUsLP5iB/s400/ttanic00137.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>I think the design is lovely...so elegant and classic. The cup and saucer is if I remember correctly 42 pounds, or about $60.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><b><i>Click on the teacup or teapot to go to the Royal Crown Derby website to see what is available, or click this link: <a href="https://www.royalcrownderby.co.uk/tableware/by-pattern/titanic/">Royal Crown Derby Titanic China</a></i></b></i></b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAcfnpDrJ4Wpo4PeHQ-7-TzyxDOjWk4P6K1gZMsSBJqsS1XKPMiTwP_MVXLzu1_ooyjbt3DeFXSqz46GnwGrZo2PYXk6xb9sGtrJhEtrlwG3Du8BAvzRDQMyQWhmG80qRw8Z89h_oWUkA/s1600/1-titanic-first-class-menu.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAcfnpDrJ4Wpo4PeHQ-7-TzyxDOjWk4P6K1gZMsSBJqsS1XKPMiTwP_MVXLzu1_ooyjbt3DeFXSqz46GnwGrZo2PYXk6xb9sGtrJhEtrlwG3Du8BAvzRDQMyQWhmG80qRw8Z89h_oWUkA/s640/1-titanic-first-class-menu.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Actual Titanic 1st Class dinner/supper menu...Getty</b></span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><div><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "times new roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Cobh, pronounced Cove, is now a part of Cork, Ireland the main part of which is about 20 miles away, is part of the Titanic story, because it was the last port Titanic touched before heading out and ultimately colliding with the iceberg. The ship had left her birthplace, Belfast just a few days earlier. Many of the 3rd class immigrant passengers had gotten on here. We were fascinated by the remnants of those days still found in thew picturesque little town when we have been there for the day during several transatlantic cruises to England.</i></b></span></span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKaQZqRRT0nDoOwgfDIJtPKamDDQhJPg6wDpSM12rqLp5vnkDCrnsTTokHpT3NStEu03UjHAUk4HRoAL7eehlu947lNXW55XaH8ud48eLCTMdPQHB4Oak6Ph1aUkdltDrd9lxQUp9UULc1/s1600/4567959-Cobh_Cobh.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKaQZqRRT0nDoOwgfDIJtPKamDDQhJPg6wDpSM12rqLp5vnkDCrnsTTokHpT3NStEu03UjHAUk4HRoAL7eehlu947lNXW55XaH8ud48eLCTMdPQHB4Oak6Ph1aUkdltDrd9lxQUp9UULc1/s400/4567959-Cobh_Cobh.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>This is the White Star Line headquarters in Cobh about 4 blocks from where our ship was docked during our days here. The building is now a pub...notably named The Titanic...with some cases of memorabilia which was fascinating.</i></b></div></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVU9mqOgXBQQ3ahVzkTqg366d-WFqM4Xl7T5Gesydv3whXmbjGB3NH0fgSXUM7WG4-I5VWfxTRm_OZf6oRDoLq8dw2R8Xaq_U-HIDkysB-82hkLLGanDiEYWI1NRm3j-P_O3dOSqjXVUXN/s1600/CountyCorkMAP.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVU9mqOgXBQQ3ahVzkTqg366d-WFqM4Xl7T5Gesydv3whXmbjGB3NH0fgSXUM7WG4-I5VWfxTRm_OZf6oRDoLq8dw2R8Xaq_U-HIDkysB-82hkLLGanDiEYWI1NRm3j-P_O3dOSqjXVUXN/s400/CountyCorkMAP.gif" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>The little town hasn't changed much since Titanic left in 1912.</i></b></span></div></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7iLVnACM_SOzCiyNFDShY4gLLaKeHc_CwyGjeH9Yg31WIR8lToKBzMJmQSsvwQQFt4wVtjG3Aswl4QPSh90DmO_CBlqXfsQpDrHCduC_WgatlIUWGYptroCN8n8I8W_G3Qa0BW-3Auw7M/s1600/CobhIreland01.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ittWwsxb0orC9K7uVWh35X3VPRmzwGhi-Uwlc0-OVQcvdHvSML449RFdthtsUAF3Bxkei98MeY1y-0b7U_aex62WKj0eisexIoqJge_aI6BLJKN8nKa8sbJwBgoKXYuPvR9GSR0A5ciR/s1600/queenstown+cobh.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ittWwsxb0orC9K7uVWh35X3VPRmzwGhi-Uwlc0-OVQcvdHvSML449RFdthtsUAF3Bxkei98MeY1y-0b7U_aex62WKj0eisexIoqJge_aI6BLJKN8nKa8sbJwBgoKXYuPvR9GSR0A5ciR/s400/queenstown+cobh.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>This is the Kennedy Park near the White Star offices, where many would have waited to board.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>The tickets to the museum resemble passenger tickets... and there were tags with an actual passenger name attached, but I couldn't find that part of the tickets...</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYr4utTVGc-EgbBmeYgikUEgHe57aSB5waeDJGQwZJuwxfqf6Sy4RcwE0pMDT_JEmcz_GWzWCmGM6Ky5Y0AJ1xZFY2kMEdQ9JFL871P3nJIxzieQPGkm-gvGXdVTsnat8SJjFtA_iP3Mg/s1600/Titanic-Queenstown-ticket.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="1600" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYr4utTVGc-EgbBmeYgikUEgHe57aSB5waeDJGQwZJuwxfqf6Sy4RcwE0pMDT_JEmcz_GWzWCmGM6Ky5Y0AJ1xZFY2kMEdQ9JFL871P3nJIxzieQPGkm-gvGXdVTsnat8SJjFtA_iP3Mg/s400/Titanic-Queenstown-ticket.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Cobh was called Queenstown when Titanic sailed from here in 1912, and the town has put together an interpretive and interactive exhibit called The Queenstown Experience that was wonderful. Thousands of Irish immigrants passed out of this port to try to find new lives during the potato famines and clearances. The exhibit, which is full of artifacts, life size recreations of onboard ship experiences and videos, newsreels and personal photo and memorabilia collections was a wonderful and poignant experience about how hard life was for many of the people passing through here.</i></b></span></div></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbhxLhEoTeH_GntbD7pBzzzyLm1SPmaLEmIqi1QNY-o2osmF3KmeUBu2hgr1oKkGgORxiiSsZBS6xiz3Agd0wnBQsb5ZzNZ-IaplyT2K1yIr1NfrKXjQPmp88fVyvCG23m4FMrDcZiRM6Y/s1600/cobhlarge3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbhxLhEoTeH_GntbD7pBzzzyLm1SPmaLEmIqi1QNY-o2osmF3KmeUBu2hgr1oKkGgORxiiSsZBS6xiz3Agd0wnBQsb5ZzNZ-IaplyT2K1yIr1NfrKXjQPmp88fVyvCG23m4FMrDcZiRM6Y/s400/cobhlarge3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>The room where passengers waited to board is now an area of shops and a tea shop you enter after exiting the exhibit, one of the displays is seen here, and a link to there website is at the bottom of the post.</i></b></span></div></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcR2mckIizFLtXumQZLxc6xDzbRVD4_of0wSc1-203nf465dIEmVbWqY16Qot83ZixBV9FKAIN7xMJvNr_sPeUK8NyGYTgxsSTBhoLNBdqbyvRtxM_gcpf2up26hCgqj8ZUprab8czIWws/s1600/5080663-Cobh_Heritage_Center_Immigrations_Story_Cobh.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcR2mckIizFLtXumQZLxc6xDzbRVD4_of0wSc1-203nf465dIEmVbWqY16Qot83ZixBV9FKAIN7xMJvNr_sPeUK8NyGYTgxsSTBhoLNBdqbyvRtxM_gcpf2up26hCgqj8ZUprab8czIWws/s400/5080663-Cobh_Heritage_Center_Immigrations_Story_Cobh.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>For some fabulous further interesting websites related to the Titanic disaster, here are:</i></b></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></div><h2 style="color: #2a0101; font-family: georgia; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.titanic.ie/">The Titanic Trail – <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Guided Walking Tour of Cobh</span></strong></a></span></h2><h2 style="color: #2a0101; font-family: georgia; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;"></h2><div style="color: black;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><i><a href="http://www.cobhheritage.com/maritime-history/the-titanic/">The Queenstown Story</a></i></b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>On March 23, 2018 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle made a visit to Northern Ireland, and while there visited the Titanic Mueum in Belfast.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: small;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNJYoAZGXuPAmabIGjR-d3T-zIIkBV_C2nY-E4qBX0NFrDR-rpd1xcoXEYiywJqGvsLt7ujFd3MSMvHsqS4JOUDj5aAfB7rcQ3KiHwDD5KKJxQV3neong98x14zr0pt6cEi6U_-wzPUYw/s1600/1-Harry-Meghan-Titanic.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="349" data-original-width="620" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNJYoAZGXuPAmabIGjR-d3T-zIIkBV_C2nY-E4qBX0NFrDR-rpd1xcoXEYiywJqGvsLt7ujFd3MSMvHsqS4JOUDj5aAfB7rcQ3KiHwDD5KKJxQV3neong98x14zr0pt6cEi6U_-wzPUYw/s400/1-Harry-Meghan-Titanic.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><i><b>The couple was presented with a Titanic model by a costumed docent...</b></i></span></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://www.harney.com/products/rms-titanic"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="295" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCuxGHGIqCGYVlTGDO2h9AAHmSaGN2apdfCS-YYBgaYpkp6e4XN9vlsa_TFHMrZw7JzBNc7W2ZOwWzm7m19rlrHrVC-AIBAMyidbhiGz_qVDx33QgoJxX0DrS6UbtvpH1XCa9aILX2hcU/s400/titanic-tea-harney.jpg" width="348" /></a></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><i><b><a href="https://www.harney.com/products/rms-titanic">Harney & Sons RMS Titanic Tea blend</a></b></i></span></div></div></div></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><i>And lifting a cup of this lovely tea today in memory...</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<a href=”antiquesandteacups.info“>Antiques And Teacups</a></div>Antiques And Teacupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00353180034537009493noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727638102193854145.post-62042343139885237892020-12-15T04:00:00.002-08:002020-12-15T04:00:06.373-08:00Welcoming Christmas with Red Transferware And Cheer!<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><i>Welcome to you indeed!</i></b></span> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><i>December continues, and what a different Christmas season this is!</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMagC7UAvDM6TLlPYDB5q1MNDCDGSeQzYJsVLYbZP_6vReemCrajoxkX_OwrVZEATiJ8OhYaEr0cljkNrYn9q4wmj4VsJXKtmKZ0iHlEVOVMk0NHJm0v2ovVTDjTCkbAeVtDKAaiSwmm0/s3767/christmas-welcome-red-transfer-a.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2825" data-original-width="3767" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMagC7UAvDM6TLlPYDB5q1MNDCDGSeQzYJsVLYbZP_6vReemCrajoxkX_OwrVZEATiJ8OhYaEr0cljkNrYn9q4wmj4VsJXKtmKZ0iHlEVOVMk0NHJm0v2ovVTDjTCkbAeVtDKAaiSwmm0/w400-h300/christmas-welcome-red-transfer-a.JPG" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /><i>I have pulled our my seasonal cross stitches and this Welcome board I painted in the 1990s...</i></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPNQ4Egfxp2YKcCT1Tx32R7rDSLbkomRNDqmOwGTNrYWZ4hXvYveYa4KJNBc5N-sV9miAL9Qtz__oF1MahPHib3-Ab3WjPJfXtLKz75pQMp5aiw0Un-4oUaK61sfhmhjxondg9To-nz4o/s2591/christmas-welcome-red-transfer-b.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2017" data-original-width="2591" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPNQ4Egfxp2YKcCT1Tx32R7rDSLbkomRNDqmOwGTNrYWZ4hXvYveYa4KJNBc5N-sV9miAL9Qtz__oF1MahPHib3-Ab3WjPJfXtLKz75pQMp5aiw0Un-4oUaK61sfhmhjxondg9To-nz4o/w400-h311/christmas-welcome-red-transfer-b.JPG" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /><i>My grandfather was a professional painter, and I had a minor in art at university, but I basically only dabbled. But this turned out well, and is nice and seasonal, so it is still around.</i></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><i>What isn't, is the 200 pound cast torso of a nude woman I did for a sculpture class final! That was destroyed long ago... Lol!</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/antique-1887-sterling-silver-teapot-spout-tea-strainer-basket-whiting-usa-tea-leaf-catcher?_pos=1&_sid=ca4acb894&_ss=r" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="2640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1xLMUtiN7OkFE_cea1f1iTP9IheIqMJ4_2wSVFn9d0-aKZBIBxT6BDOCMNgVB8FyOO9iEs7bCf3aUQpzv3mrg6NXvdyVHyfCdIgBRZsuF7tp6Smmwk3G_wRwXIahNMFd_tt1Sna2GByg/w400-h300/christmas-welcome-red-transfer-c.JPG" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /><i>I wanted to share with you one of the antique sterling silver teapot spout tea strainer baskets I have periodically. I had a Gorham one last week that was purchased for a Christmas present. </i></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><i>This one is US made, by Whiting Manufacturing, USA and has a pattern number date of 1887.</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><i>It is used to strain the tea leaves from the teapot as the stream of tea pours though the pivoting tea strainer into the teacup.</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit3IShaT7FpXR2Mtgz9jGN3hlfQdGimgtyzoZLH0164ZHRzEUY9KaL1-bgUT5U99LxGuEYPKcYp10wiK1nc4gZTVAtkpX-B_FtBGimceSaTx6nfCrxSDgRZjYA5Tqzv-2XJHuFWHsS7Gw/s2640/christmas-welcome-red-transfer-d.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/antique-1887-sterling-silver-teapot-spout-tea-strainer-basket-whiting-usa-tea-leaf-catcher?_pos=1&_sid=ca4acb894&_ss=r" border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="2640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit3IShaT7FpXR2Mtgz9jGN3hlfQdGimgtyzoZLH0164ZHRzEUY9KaL1-bgUT5U99LxGuEYPKcYp10wiK1nc4gZTVAtkpX-B_FtBGimceSaTx6nfCrxSDgRZjYA5Tqzv-2XJHuFWHsS7Gw/w400-h300/christmas-welcome-red-transfer-d.JPG" title="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/antique-1887-sterling-silver-teapot-spout-tea-strainer-basket-whiting-usa-tea-leaf-catcher?_pos=1&_sid=ca4acb894&_ss=r" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /><i>There is quite a debate as to who and when these fun tea gadgets were contrived, and I know of some that date to the 1780s from England at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, but others think France, and they were certainly made in England, Ireland, France and Belgium as well as the USA before and after it was independent.</i></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><i>But... so fun! They never stay in my shop long!</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/teapot-wedgwood-embossed-patrician-floral-creamware-1969-4-6-cups-1?_pos=1&_sid=2cf08d0f6&_ss=r" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="2640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Z3GbL-C10lp6Qa5dFe8PeaVMblPbbl1ChFe0wGF7a3fcDMV5fsqDatzg4sltO8zGPkZO0xQ0-Lhs75WEvoLO6IF7dEpuLRqOPka2JFQA1c2lLYlsAEzXWP6vxi8Aasx6obCvEQf8I2I/w400-h300/christmas-welcome-red-transfer-e.JPG" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /><i>Some people are not found of white china, but I always think it is so versatile, as it goes with everything. This is the Patrician pattern from Wedgwood, England from the 1960s of cream ware or Queen's Ware with a lovely embossed pattern.</i></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/teapot-wedgwood-embossed-patrician-floral-creamware-1969-4-6-cups-1?_pos=1&_sid=2cf08d0f6&_ss=r" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOyMwgUDkzvIQBKTeUTxDo0BcW7xBh8FzDBLuZQbLSq_1viLCF7MART3v3BjKoxgdAV_E7a0ZacIuiUI2m5pyyA5DqMuEmp81xYzZpDsj7AkF5n3nvZ0ZVGxXp0beE44C4dCzfuH3XQV4/w400-h300/christmas-welcome-red-transfer-f.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /><i>Elegant! I always love finding this pattern!</i></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/teapot-wedgwood-embossed-patrician-floral-creamware-1969-4-6-cups-1?_pos=1&_sid=2cf08d0f6&_ss=r" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="2640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidLscA5e4sGF-ZfWbtdnFKqioix1eHTuHiRAxT6WPk6xukA7uhTp-mP9f76bmSuBJE07MBmNJWeKLg8Ij633HTDVWQ-vdCr5KM52vu5hH7QeRIqtspkc4CDr0xXKLfR0Gf1XOpHCH_Krw/w400-h300/christmas-welcome-red-transfer-g.JPG" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></b></span></p><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><i>The mark dates it easily to the 1960s. This was quite a popular pattern, with several version, some which include transfer printed floral borders or centers with the pattern, some with different names with the shape referred to as Patrician.</i></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2muMg78ycWUhOQYhnEyO_8n1TASVF3BJghVoNneeTk5IFbw93D1dARDnXHfrITwbQX4CH6XgOANJ8somtEg2NhyphenhyphencWzvFhA7TLlZuo8ZKR8dG-Q5JdBtbiAElN7v4p6EmUF55qSH3at7A/s2656/christmas-welcome-red-transfer-h.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1968" data-original-width="2656" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2muMg78ycWUhOQYhnEyO_8n1TASVF3BJghVoNneeTk5IFbw93D1dARDnXHfrITwbQX4CH6XgOANJ8somtEg2NhyphenhyphencWzvFhA7TLlZuo8ZKR8dG-Q5JdBtbiAElN7v4p6EmUF55qSH3at7A/w400-h296/christmas-welcome-red-transfer-h.JPG" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /><i>And how can I not include red transferware during the season!</i></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/cup-and-saucer-castle-on-the-lake-pink-red-transferware-johnson-brothers-uk-1960s?_pos=1&_sid=a27e25a80&_ss=r" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1963" data-original-width="2662" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinrCjuLVJzx0xGLl96W643AFmvXJY8PFD22AUa7JRohWP9vjYw_VeoVfcl2V2B71THekh3fjO-jvBaW1xTvqtvlHuZgPkQ20OxQIi2N7OcNbOw3dqO-QZnDTnX9nmLC4Zi5f7ao97E0sY/w400-h295/christmas-welcome-red-transfer-j.JPG" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /><i>This is the Johnson Brothers, England pattern called Castle On The Lake in a romantic landscape pattern with the noted castle, lake and beautiful gardens in what is called variously red or pink transferware.</i></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/cup-and-saucer-castle-on-the-lake-pink-red-transferware-johnson-brothers-uk-1960s?_pos=1&_sid=a27e25a80&_ss=r" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2030" data-original-width="2574" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV0bBClrZdfw8iDLj5jtbW9UYKBzGem3VfrkY0gbnxrCMfuvF7yonnu1OuLJ-4_wka_D-688MnmxlAcMVNSBkbav_jRHW0vC3ymLf6bJFS0WAnxlsx_C0HKyq1h52tZGontkG-88dBTpo/w400-h315/christmas-welcome-red-transfer-k.JPG" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/cup-and-saucer-castle-on-the-lake-pink-red-transferware-johnson-brothers-uk-1960s?_pos=1&_sid=a27e25a80&_ss=r" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="2640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvbU1WM4snpRxjzAj1iSRQaxN2ZOHUIo7QpISHLfZFwG0RVRR6hiotZZgvlDzqW9RZPmeoQSqLLRMWmBoLypzcVjCchyBHWLaRagDTe3Rzl_pwjV0T5YEZimwdpSw0GXQ_-dOko9KvJqE/w400-h300/christmas-welcome-red-transfer-l.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><i>The pattern itself was registered in 1890s, but not used until 1939 and discontinued in 1970. I love the sort of rope edging.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkzDZs91UhEUvRN8IdyABODEppj39WFYV0XShISbdF8Z6_DnmOGNGLtymTyzVTHfe_sehMyi7ee60iL43W3V05BaRPUE-CKXAMMVaDpQhs-84RRveJ28GM7lsTBVrIM8dInhPasJAjsTs/s700/christmas-graphics-keep-calm-wait-christmas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkzDZs91UhEUvRN8IdyABODEppj39WFYV0XShISbdF8Z6_DnmOGNGLtymTyzVTHfe_sehMyi7ee60iL43W3V05BaRPUE-CKXAMMVaDpQhs-84RRveJ28GM7lsTBVrIM8dInhPasJAjsTs/w343-h400/christmas-graphics-keep-calm-wait-christmas.jpg" width="343" /></a></div><br /><i>This is indeed an historic and divergent season indeed! But I pray you are able to still enjoy the season, it's meaning and it's joys.</i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>I want to also say Happy Hanukhah!</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJmc4DfsNFgjBCK43wCnXpvnixdvB_f-PU_5V2y8YAzYjgijHxpx_5CoEWc6vgT4BC22474NHlvLb9xUsEszA9sn2-1cDx66UtpqbNTIhkpJbIGJlvT77d-O1hrubGAhZ2v2UcRhxTqAA/s450/hanukkah.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="450" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJmc4DfsNFgjBCK43wCnXpvnixdvB_f-PU_5V2y8YAzYjgijHxpx_5CoEWc6vgT4BC22474NHlvLb9xUsEszA9sn2-1cDx66UtpqbNTIhkpJbIGJlvT77d-O1hrubGAhZ2v2UcRhxTqAA/w400-h300/hanukkah.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><i><br /><br /></i></b></span><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><p> © copyright 2012 – All rights reserved </p>
<a href=”antiquesandteacups.info“>Antiques And Teacups</a></div>Antiques And Teacupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00353180034537009493noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727638102193854145.post-40742596820112115972020-12-01T19:11:00.002-08:002020-12-04T06:27:21.168-08:00December! Christmas Book From Angela And A New Christmas tea<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoenp4_TKfQaNqJ9q3MeAcg5Upgu8fLO0VcPlQO3HM4_nwgf9wU-LeKMCu8GcuQvHvHKtsWlhIg1L9cXNBIuEiil5y3r-3GEMyC2nOPhhSXOulI1vfeL6Joew7w0_cg5GIDYtLZc4XYiQ/s960/December-words.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="958" data-original-width="960" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoenp4_TKfQaNqJ9q3MeAcg5Upgu8fLO0VcPlQO3HM4_nwgf9wU-LeKMCu8GcuQvHvHKtsWlhIg1L9cXNBIuEiil5y3r-3GEMyC2nOPhhSXOulI1vfeL6Joew7w0_cg5GIDYtLZc4XYiQ/w400-h399/December-words.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><i><b>Welcome to December! </b></i></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><i><b>Isn't that amazing?!</b></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWa2RW_5e6si1J4qy3w18IY1DLITY-dkHEgiwrg5xGbsANHGeTMhXV9TaMpQHO2PZDuiqlglUT-S-FPqn9siYhXpLEM8JUXlK85o-jtr5FZCH1sXaGkhvmpGUh9Cil_7oc1nqMh6mDZ1E/s2644/1-vintage-Christmas-tea-a.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1977" data-original-width="2644" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWa2RW_5e6si1J4qy3w18IY1DLITY-dkHEgiwrg5xGbsANHGeTMhXV9TaMpQHO2PZDuiqlglUT-S-FPqn9siYhXpLEM8JUXlK85o-jtr5FZCH1sXaGkhvmpGUh9Cil_7oc1nqMh6mDZ1E/w400-h299/1-vintage-Christmas-tea-a.JPG" width="400" /></a></i></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><i><br /><b>A lovely Thanksgiving, spent on Facetime with our out of state kids was wonderful. Maybe next year it will be different... The last 2 weeks have been some more medication adjustments for my husband, so not much happened except monitoring him.</b></i></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><i><b>But the arrival of a book I had ordered authored by my blogger friend Angela Webster McRae of <a href="http://teawithfriends.blogspot.com/">Tea With Friends blog</a> and a new tea lifted my spirits and prompted this post, as I had been without inspiration.</b></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1087923875" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="2640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinXp8N_G7pAbLSDVPyJf2l7Ko49TW7vYSchZ6TjARImEOZCxj4ErpRmRRo8n_dF6HpNC_Pcacyi6IUDNILT7lcuXEebT89IYBJoJiGDi48FZYcRThqscUY1IHGNrNf4JRlcig0r7BbKY0/w400-h300/1-vintage-Christmas-tea-b.JPG" width="400" /></a></i></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><i><br /><b>Besides being a cookbook and a praise of vintage, The Vintage Christmas Cookbook is also was filled with charming anecdotes and wonderful photos...</b></i></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1087923875" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="2640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhydkUyLJSEL4d1CKv6jODiXwJyfdK-b4iWMH1WYUn-m5k3kgH6zFQRWcHZQ1YP-SY-NvJCzFQAXgFPoGwQbsRp1SqDb-Q8PCMf_-gbzbrHGU6ERHafGORfmUtFvNYNAxalsr8DRWahdJA/w400-h300/1-vintage-Christmas-tea-c.JPG" width="400" /></a></i></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><i><br /><b>If you follow Angela's blog, you know she is a vintage lover, and we have so much in common!</b></i></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0axhY0ZVS9WCmmCawHB_TJdfbVSUtjEAUytVx1_QhX6yG9pyfERYmPXkTuuHdT-rm7R3fk_Wr8qbNAmZIZ1LJIGCov5O8M51ueTpaPdWXba258WQgoSN8ULt4GfWXtJyW7Hm97NbYRk0/s2435/1-vintage-Christmas-tea-d.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2147" data-original-width="2435" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0axhY0ZVS9WCmmCawHB_TJdfbVSUtjEAUytVx1_QhX6yG9pyfERYmPXkTuuHdT-rm7R3fk_Wr8qbNAmZIZ1LJIGCov5O8M51ueTpaPdWXba258WQgoSN8ULt4GfWXtJyW7Hm97NbYRk0/w400-h353/1-vintage-Christmas-tea-d.JPG" width="400" /></a></i></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><i><br /><b>I especially loved the photo of Angela with her iron and ironing board with the aluminum tree in the background!</b></i></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9_AsmQDDrZ7P2SuyNasdgEHWHw3fd7WzQ37Bb3n0rTQhwjfS4U0J4eVrQDpwoRIa_7RDYYBMJxEV6W4cVJysbE1-uPgR_8MPUl0VeWihiuTARfrCW2pGvSQm83hhpx14UbpnllfMGCJo/s2641/1-vintage-Christmas-tea-e.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1979" data-original-width="2641" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9_AsmQDDrZ7P2SuyNasdgEHWHw3fd7WzQ37Bb3n0rTQhwjfS4U0J4eVrQDpwoRIa_7RDYYBMJxEV6W4cVJysbE1-uPgR_8MPUl0VeWihiuTARfrCW2pGvSQm83hhpx14UbpnllfMGCJo/w400-h300/1-vintage-Christmas-tea-e.JPG" width="400" /></a></i></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><i><br /><b>And of course, if you know Angela you know of her love for Santa mugs. I can never see one without smiling and thinking of her!</b></i></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><i><b>Altogether a wonderful, tasty, nostalgic enjoyable book.</b></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><i><b>The book is available on Amazon... I asked Angela for the link in case you are interested. I am so glad I ordered mine!</b></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1087923875">https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1087923875</a></i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr2FlvnVSKv5Zi60aGKnTxX-UsC2e-UL104lFPgtsPHybff351C1sN6SXfmEwksFe-JtTb4wbEDjmI4I_0j4L6CwQufBFklM8LELWL-yc-7J-cR0dUQbFmMoC1eJJ0AZB62F7zgAMHeyA/s2640/1-vintage-Christmas-tea-f.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="2640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr2FlvnVSKv5Zi60aGKnTxX-UsC2e-UL104lFPgtsPHybff351C1sN6SXfmEwksFe-JtTb4wbEDjmI4I_0j4L6CwQufBFklM8LELWL-yc-7J-cR0dUQbFmMoC1eJJ0AZB62F7zgAMHeyA/w400-h300/1-vintage-Christmas-tea-f.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><br /><b><i>I have been getting out my Christmas china, and this is by Tuscan, England from the 1950s in the Noel pattern. As I have mentioned before, many potteries shared a decal maker, and this Noel is found on china produced by at least 6 potteries that I can think of. Which is good if you are completing a set of something.</i></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLn4Rgdfx0ZxSQ2N-b0Y1sanrVfowO6bzWBfaUf47cCbCcYPjou1BQjLVgBAyhEZkF5DwnSCscFnj9tpb651bish7BMubkNe3-RQqcg-1VyNDDregbuh8eO-Flkcb5aLU3nRtGwcgCJr0/s2640/1-vintage-Christmas-tea-g.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="2640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLn4Rgdfx0ZxSQ2N-b0Y1sanrVfowO6bzWBfaUf47cCbCcYPjou1BQjLVgBAyhEZkF5DwnSCscFnj9tpb651bish7BMubkNe3-RQqcg-1VyNDDregbuh8eO-Flkcb5aLU3nRtGwcgCJr0/w400-h300/1-vintage-Christmas-tea-g.JPG" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /><i>And oh the joy of a new Christmas tea! This is Silent Night from Smith Teas in Oregon. I got a sample pack of loose tea to try, and am ordering a bigger amount</i></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMXKNiJeGUQYe2LlgNOnPgbxGly3aFt1Rub9y4DjWMwwpKDZETZRiy-YswHkZnMlHxJeh8FSIm4A8pwdcDnWHPvnKf3ujQxN18AxMhTWm9psBklKGNwgPBlQiaGj3hdreFWsiPWwsPLjE/s720/SilentNightCarton_720x.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMXKNiJeGUQYe2LlgNOnPgbxGly3aFt1Rub9y4DjWMwwpKDZETZRiy-YswHkZnMlHxJeh8FSIm4A8pwdcDnWHPvnKf3ujQxN18AxMhTWm9psBklKGNwgPBlQiaGj3hdreFWsiPWwsPLjE/s320/SilentNightCarton_720x.webp" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /><i>As they state...</i></b></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f7f7f9; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica;">A caffeine-free candy cane in a cup. Northwest-grown peppermint leaves waltzing in a winter wonderland of cinnamon, ginger, and sweet licorice. Tastes especially delightful when the weather outside is frightful.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f7f7f9; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"></p><div style="background-color: #f7f7f9; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><h5 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8em; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica;">TASTING NOTES:</span></h5><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica;">Cinnamon, mint, licorice</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia235Y7aDDE1UkK7UzSX8_shr5N5AwZGCRyP7N-VUHnFmGCAS4lLzMlydAn6nW6sfSOt08vWQu_gNPLavi-zmFCKsT4xUNbQvdx38KIOdcjAAVUgS-TB9eGnww4fDgfN5uvUmpBFsjaPw/s2640/1-vintage-Christmas-tea-h.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="2640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia235Y7aDDE1UkK7UzSX8_shr5N5AwZGCRyP7N-VUHnFmGCAS4lLzMlydAn6nW6sfSOt08vWQu_gNPLavi-zmFCKsT4xUNbQvdx38KIOdcjAAVUgS-TB9eGnww4fDgfN5uvUmpBFsjaPw/w400-h300/1-vintage-Christmas-tea-h.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><i>I really enjoyed it. Sometimes flavored teas are overwhelming to me, but this was a lovely cup!</i></b></span><p></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVH7SirdxrKRbrHWEU9_8pRONcfgQpx7CCupYLxAt475HD_FlKZdViFxuig40pCq5Gyg8_JFsPbJF1DSSjjG2mY4vXTIofDaKUz0duLHW4fvr9Pl4t2VAlP1Kd8XonGGKKIhUkLnOFOhM/s2640/1-vintage-Christmas-tea-j.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="2640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVH7SirdxrKRbrHWEU9_8pRONcfgQpx7CCupYLxAt475HD_FlKZdViFxuig40pCq5Gyg8_JFsPbJF1DSSjjG2mY4vXTIofDaKUz0duLHW4fvr9Pl4t2VAlP1Kd8XonGGKKIhUkLnOFOhM/w400-h300/1-vintage-Christmas-tea-j.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><i>And, on my family Royal Doulton Rosebud plate, you can see lots of good things in it!</i></b></span><p></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mktBEuJb3bHlXQ89M3Fc4T614mv4csTTp3MZr_eXgMgLlLLyEN9WCBNdScX8pBy_d5F6s0GeQqx8OOwDwBjArzXl3_frJp-Tm9vQLENGPhlKoIDkfs6IwpslWPPBRtVTC5miQooiCpk/s2640/1-vintage-Christmas-tea-k.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="2640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mktBEuJb3bHlXQ89M3Fc4T614mv4csTTp3MZr_eXgMgLlLLyEN9WCBNdScX8pBy_d5F6s0GeQqx8OOwDwBjArzXl3_frJp-Tm9vQLENGPhlKoIDkfs6IwpslWPPBRtVTC5miQooiCpk/w400-h300/1-vintage-Christmas-tea-k.JPG" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /><i>No baking this week, but I got a pack of Bisconies and vanilla chocolate shortbread brownies from Costco, so we are not bereft!</i></b></span><p></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/a-cup-of-christmas-tea-large-teapot-holly-holiday-christmas-tea-32-ounces-in-box?_pos=1&_sid=192492143&_ss=r" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1447" data-original-width="2048" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilH5ZmAvE4xb7l7Ldt-7Z9DXgm0IAkua1yekt1_rx8kPv9b6iqglIezeCWoXAYxoI_mdwy4tL_cDFq_25UBxbUBEZSe0uOyNDMQXwLPgELslxmngc_ZuTPc95J5mCRz7r1lcsnp9T8uOA/w400-h283/1992-CupOfChristmasTea-large-teapot-a.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /><i>Hopefully this will be a more stress free week...</i></b></span><p></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><b><i>Here's hoping you find time for A Cup Of Christmas Tea with a friend, even if virtually!</i></b></span></p></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><p> © copyright 2012 – All rights reserved </p>
<a href=”antiquesandteacups.info“>Antiques And Teacups</a></div>Antiques And Teacupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00353180034537009493noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727638102193854145.post-30145937262121155662020-11-24T04:00:00.003-08:002020-11-24T04:00:04.069-08:00Thanksgiving Counting My Blessings Pumpkin Streusel Bars Wedgwood<p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5AuIIidA_WEl-lbm62nNDiStCZ4XZw-Fp8vk3QjGK5Vi9Gm4CtVtfUUcSAlYP0IBN-ohGN3yR0-BtIOt9XTPcR8mLOWOOiUzDS9w5WiUOffFIeMFuu8P_CtPhcY3k0FI8M6wJKKgWNKg/s600/thanksgiving-graphic-oval.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5AuIIidA_WEl-lbm62nNDiStCZ4XZw-Fp8vk3QjGK5Vi9Gm4CtVtfUUcSAlYP0IBN-ohGN3yR0-BtIOt9XTPcR8mLOWOOiUzDS9w5WiUOffFIeMFuu8P_CtPhcY3k0FI8M6wJKKgWNKg/s320/thanksgiving-graphic-oval.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>I first posted this last year at this time... as our daughter and son in law had just closed escrow on a lot for building a home here close to us. Little did we know there was a pandemic in our future, but... despite all that... we are still counting our blessings! I am doing this post with such a joyful heart full of thanks!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlNrPBdZsCp8rrxitxj9Am4xrlNAQ8daMum7TxJz1jEFUFAv0J1e89_XIp41jIRw0PYOjyUKamw5p4fPfleO_wBkBtaKFsA-HxWTNz3mJ8NCO2exBa9m-7noOUlkfvWKuSACoQBBl9K74/s750/Thanksgiving-postcard-poem.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlNrPBdZsCp8rrxitxj9Am4xrlNAQ8daMum7TxJz1jEFUFAv0J1e89_XIp41jIRw0PYOjyUKamw5p4fPfleO_wBkBtaKFsA-HxWTNz3mJ8NCO2exBa9m-7noOUlkfvWKuSACoQBBl9K74/w400-h266/Thanksgiving-postcard-poem.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>We are feeling so blessed anyway!</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBbMED73FLI4tC33s7pDDlib2ga0mkZxrnAtIdSCWSiTeN1q6Qm1WENI-zzlXrEGqZpajmgiQ2oDWhbRVq2v1zx8t0KAo9dnXOonWgGXC0_NOsy3zsIrgF3GQzfPJongrmLhprbPehh_g/s960/thanksgiving-geaphic-greatitude-enough.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="685" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBbMED73FLI4tC33s7pDDlib2ga0mkZxrnAtIdSCWSiTeN1q6Qm1WENI-zzlXrEGqZpajmgiQ2oDWhbRVq2v1zx8t0KAo9dnXOonWgGXC0_NOsy3zsIrgF3GQzfPJongrmLhprbPehh_g/w285-h400/thanksgiving-geaphic-greatitude-enough.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: georgia;"><i><b>By Melody Beattie</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOBw_BoI-DurMc2AagvX3WmXQMJS0TKicJsfGBA0EFIjVS40pZipAVQs7tPmHCh9z6FAxhD4DSF9xj-SIDMfBT_FUfnunWzFfD1NMTTJ0eZ29ZeIhmocQPDu87KRYdHC5rjSyF8llvINA9/s1600/lugano-tea-a.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOBw_BoI-DurMc2AagvX3WmXQMJS0TKicJsfGBA0EFIjVS40pZipAVQs7tPmHCh9z6FAxhD4DSF9xj-SIDMfBT_FUfnunWzFfD1NMTTJ0eZ29ZeIhmocQPDu87KRYdHC5rjSyF8llvINA9/s400/lugano-tea-a.JPG" width="371" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Fall is here, and I made some cookies, and decided to make a fall teatime for us in the sunroom....</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/search?type=product&q=lugano"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQC0CAx4uW3y3VQOX0J-ygq-XHGUpZFOrZBswjhGgHJT4yXyWVkhQPNmVoij83kgRyJpZ-IJC0P3nv5IbAhgjLi4xirjIGhiW6b9Tt40yn3IoUlVtORQvXeMFRnrQdIidKL408h2mEq9Z_/s400/lugano-tea-b.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>I used some black and white transferware I got a while ago and some fall decor I filched from the living room and dining room, including the gold and pumpkin colored woven runner that is usually on the buffet...</i></b></span></div><br /><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioTffvtsibbTbZJQd6Nv92mVTMyUWHJ6ovDAif6PLNXEcuqvMOQboSjeJ86KzwzEm5b3NjbWUm9u_Pids6gwGmideEZI10trKkSSPWOSE7eGdHgcvY_flelFniec5iWPoNPpEwV6licWJN/s1600/lugano-tea-c.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioTffvtsibbTbZJQd6Nv92mVTMyUWHJ6ovDAif6PLNXEcuqvMOQboSjeJ86KzwzEm5b3NjbWUm9u_Pids6gwGmideEZI10trKkSSPWOSE7eGdHgcvY_flelFniec5iWPoNPpEwV6licWJN/s400/lugano-tea-c.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>along with various pumpkins and gourds, and other autumn colored things...</i></b></span><br /><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWeo-CmeZk26R7ddI-3lvjCTCHbCdanCUN81DhPiKe0NJvvr3zEEVFOx6o1o9tEG3Geg0XEolEep2YTDNzYSNeywwjx95rqF2E6v_u8ejZ34V40GC0zOcv0RdM-A7RYLlpPYwxiqwOcFkJ/s1600/lugano-tea-d.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWeo-CmeZk26R7ddI-3lvjCTCHbCdanCUN81DhPiKe0NJvvr3zEEVFOx6o1o9tEG3Geg0XEolEep2YTDNzYSNeywwjx95rqF2E6v_u8ejZ34V40GC0zOcv0RdM-A7RYLlpPYwxiqwOcFkJ/s400/lugano-tea-d.JPG" width="311" /></a></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>I always display my cross stitched wall hanging of the Fruit Of The Spirit from Galations 5:22-23 that I did a few years ago during the autumn and Thanksgiving season....</i></b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/collections/frontpage/products/fall-tea-cozy-padded-green-cord-and-lining-usa-handmade-pumpkins-apples"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4v4cLsMIlcHdVQLDglRfJQZc0HBuL6swqBGhXao8BZZxPqHZ0KyQBqtU5fLopTyBz5LCQe33KXHWnUGcfLpNIw8TnUFun_H0vatoh5y019Wml-clTS-hVQuvT_CBebAIGjVbh7iW7PhrU/s400/lugano-tea-e.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>And I added one of the fall pumpkins and gourds padded tea cozies I have in the shop because I love the colors!</i></b></span></div><br /><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/search?type=product&q=lugano"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwbeYlNcmttPlM6vVlR7thBhZgpSg3nyVkGaUHu34TyFIr8LUt5wYvS_Tq4HQ_BeNXD1ketyOi2RX_s3iJhpbYqtUHbdXSnvt8MjR2vThtFzZu3cjxOujuC6WQO9SKI7MQwhAbGLk5Vz_z/s400/teaset-a.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>My teaset is by Wedgwood, England in a black transferware Italian landscape design called Lugano...named for a lake town in Italy....</i></b></span></div><br /><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/search?type=product&q=lugano"><img border="0" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM2mXgLH84anxx5whdY1lPe5pHr7ozG1AKQOEzpcGiruriYh5k3LzCue_XJpbGSL5Mh9rWj6Sh_ag-iEr8HY0eDB9kJEPqeEH0LYnmZdxHLifyXRVRvO0rvOeq2p2AxGkFujEN5hMNwLYU/s400/teaset-b.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>If you look closely at the pattern, there is a man with a goat walking by the lake...how cute!</i></b></span></div><br /><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/search?type=product&q=lugano"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis2diBTU7rzcBtGAzdLBhk7MFXfS14rBwkF5aTLiBTHn7hnDkQrxafsedV-gKE0S4IDh2VQT6ILnaeKHGxKWLrggzqiriiO2cMJGXFTPSNNWHbuobw4-5iMVF54gVZRvSVRofNMGQWvg2q/s400/teaset-c.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Here is the cream and sugar. The set is made of Queen's Ware, or what Wedgwood calls cream ware.</i></b></div></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/search?type=product&q=lugano"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJuccYqW3gP3GhhBUvcxUFG1vgK00V7a37rq7QkmKSne23XXG298hd4k9psDmD2jEqgq76TursUoLZbvJiO8RxkpfP4mHpKwACTN1CT5-YkEkjoaT-ATAphpAZs21jOlxkdODfoLUDdZd1/s400/teaset-d.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/search?type=product&q=lugano"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQTBGYVNEqCJ7GV7omcT3eLDFjxx4_KIPQGbyJZZHN7jOlZmqjbReYFcHu7M3YWI7w83GP7gNcF1p9VSFJilHZkWE69zAEezt5l-U6v97RW3U7m1RL3N60C3EBvKZrbsqPdmXm13aWXHKr/s400/teaset-e.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/search?type=product&q=lugano"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiTjEbj7uyJrgcAPx51_pG2O5B6h4zaD9W8eKt85U0fBk27ehEefyXbdM6AH9oaejZ0sMkQbcFZvaYkuj6_jJSH70v_ffdaLDgnyAT5MpBnVkLHHpCkgxV9JNe95Hqb5-amUxjaE02RbC8/s400/teaset-f.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>The shape is an older Wedgwood shape dating to the 19th century, but the pattern was actually made between 1962 and 1980. I do love Wedgwood.</i></b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigUlcRkImxPbtLQRXBxJUByNm3Hp07JSBq7cMcTBcwPXG1MTIlQirhKPPdmt9ba4xaaZf_ZMWTi8jZcrIPFTL-zOyfZ9RJcspzXycuQKDWdzYaTzKXuYp7bm4QS3BeiM77C2snc5QVMW-q/s1600/tea-a.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigUlcRkImxPbtLQRXBxJUByNm3Hp07JSBq7cMcTBcwPXG1MTIlQirhKPPdmt9ba4xaaZf_ZMWTi8jZcrIPFTL-zOyfZ9RJcspzXycuQKDWdzYaTzKXuYp7bm4QS3BeiM77C2snc5QVMW-q/s400/tea-a.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.republicoftea.com/"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyOr5j7kZR0xgnvuGnqXXUzxClYCXmMvvWdZG15knqXT3moo2B55g1ogGhTGN9M5QUOjLPB3oRM-4LSPRd4uGQ5IjzicFPZ3xzcqknxJqR_z9GL5FQzLiasV0CayDinVqqSYRSUrLOMbGz/s400/tea-b.JPG" width="287" /></a></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>A couple of weeks I pulled out the holiday teas. This is my favorite fall flavor...Pumpkin Spice from<a href="http://www.republicoftea.com/"> Republic Of Tea</a>...yummy! Just makes my taste buds know it's fall!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>For more information on any of the Wedgwood, Lugano pieces on <a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/">Antiques And Teacups</a> website, just click on the photos.</i></b></span></div><br /><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>Those cookies are long gone, but yesterday found my pulling out the favorite Pumpkin Streusel Cake or Coffee cake recipe from King Arthur Flour. Now I am back to thinking of having something on hand when the kids stop in on a work break...</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDdaBa9eqRP6a5woAHy_V59kZXNGcNbisqq2upTWHq8-G1qTXMOdhhWIFyjqilFkxcQoTyZfwX0bMdsjNVPdIXolZAzHkeRf4kI0fdBYoPNYOBsJTyXe60Q3w5j5Ri1CvFEKaVwOqEmM8/s1600/pumpkin-streusel-cake-a.JPG" style="color: #aa0033; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1469" data-original-width="1600" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDdaBa9eqRP6a5woAHy_V59kZXNGcNbisqq2upTWHq8-G1qTXMOdhhWIFyjqilFkxcQoTyZfwX0bMdsjNVPdIXolZAzHkeRf4kI0fdBYoPNYOBsJTyXe60Q3w5j5Ri1CvFEKaVwOqEmM8/s400/pumpkin-streusel-cake-a.JPG" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><i><span style="color: blue;">Anyone tired of pumpkin yet??? We are not! Pumpkin is still around here...</span></i></b></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9BQahhINKWWOes3QtJtZBvhALMUSmmn58_1-AGRZBH_ztK5ZL9D_eWUVrbTemhdlkR_P5vrjEGRaxDcjHIV_4MovY5L5EEbEwjbYD5VMXUmdyO_8udEZocp_3zdvwd-mNv9U00wSwEUM/s1600/pumpkin-streusel-cake-b.JPG" style="color: #aa0033; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9BQahhINKWWOes3QtJtZBvhALMUSmmn58_1-AGRZBH_ztK5ZL9D_eWUVrbTemhdlkR_P5vrjEGRaxDcjHIV_4MovY5L5EEbEwjbYD5VMXUmdyO_8udEZocp_3zdvwd-mNv9U00wSwEUM/s400/pumpkin-streusel-cake-b.JPG" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><i><span style="color: blue;">I found the recipe on the <a href="https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/pumpkin-streusel-coffeecake-recipe?RID=5213&radio=1">King Arthur Flour</a> website a few years ago, and it is definitely a go-to......</span></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><table cellspacing="0" id="header" style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" id="logo-cell" rowspan="1" style="padding-right: 10px; vertical-align: top;"><br /></td><td class="h1-td" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle;"><h1 id="MoreTitleURL" style="font-size: 22px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; position: relative;">Pumpkin Streusel Coffeecake</h1></td></tr></tbody></table><div id="content"><div id="recipe-print"><div class="right-col" style="float: right; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-left: 20.1563px; width: 221.75px;"><div id="recipe-summary" style="border: 1px solid silver; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 10px 6px 6px;"><h3 style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(192, 192, 192); font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; position: relative; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;">AT A GLANCE</h3><dl style="line-height: 16.8px; margin: 6px 0px; text-align: center;"><dt style="color: #888888; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase;">PREP</dt><dd id="HandsOnTime" style="margin: 0px 0px 6px;">20 mins. to 30 mins.</dd><dt style="color: #888888; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase;">BAKE</dt><dd id="BakingTime" style="margin: 0px 0px 6px;">40 mins. to 45 mins.</dd><dt style="color: #888888; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase;">TOTAL</dt><dd id="TotalTime" style="margin: 0px 0px 6px;">60 mins. to 1 hrs 15 mins.</dd><dt style="color: #888888; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase;">YIELD</dt><dd id="Yield" style="margin: 0px 0px 6px;">about 12 servings</dd></dl></div><div id="bakers-hotline" style="margin-bottom: 10px; width: 225px;"><br /></div></div><div id="volume_or_weight" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div id="v_ingredients" style="display: inline;"><div class="recipe-ingredients" id="IngredientSet"><h3 id="IngredientHeading" style="font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; position: relative;">Topping</h3><ul class="ingredient-list" style="line-height: 1.4; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.4em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.8em;"><li id="IngredientLine" style="border: none; margin: 0.2em 0px; padding: 0px;">2/3 cup granulated sugar</li><li id="IngredientLine" style="border: none; margin: 0.2em 0px; padding: 0px;">pinch of salt</li><li id="IngredientLine" style="border: none; margin: 0.2em 0px; padding: 0px;">2/3 cup <a href="https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/detail.jsp?id=3005" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour</a></li><li id="IngredientLine" style="border: none; margin: 0.2em 0px; padding: 0px;">1 teaspoon ground <a href="https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/detail.jsp?id=4960" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">cinnamon</a></li><li id="IngredientLine" style="border: none; margin: 0.2em 0px; padding: 0px;">1/4 cup chopped pecans, optional</li><li id="IngredientLine" style="border: none; margin: 0.2em 0px; padding: 0px;">4 tablespoons melted butter</li></ul></div><div class="recipe-ingredients" id="IngredientSet"><h3 id="IngredientHeading" style="font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; position: relative;">Filling</h3><ul class="ingredient-list" style="line-height: 1.4; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.4em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.8em;"><li id="IngredientLine" style="border: none; margin: 0.2em 0px; padding: 0px;">1/3 cup brown sugar</li><li id="IngredientLine" style="border: none; margin: 0.2em 0px; padding: 0px;">1 teaspoon ground <a href="https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/detail.jsp?id=4960" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">cinnamon</a></li><li id="IngredientLine" style="border: none; margin: 0.2em 0px; padding: 0px;">1 teaspoon unsweetened <a href="https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/detail.jsp?id=3918" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">cocoa powder</a>, optional</li></ul></div><div class="recipe-ingredients" id="IngredientSet"><h3 id="IngredientHeading" style="font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; position: relative;">Cake</h3><ul class="ingredient-list" style="line-height: 1.4; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.4em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.8em;"><li id="IngredientLine" style="border: none; margin: 0.2em 0px; padding: 0px;">1/3 cup vegetable oil</li><li id="IngredientLine" style="border: none; margin: 0.2em 0px; padding: 0px;">2 large eggs</li><li id="IngredientLine" style="border: none; margin: 0.2em 0px; padding: 0px;">1 cup granulated sugar</li><li id="IngredientLine" style="border: none; margin: 0.2em 0px; padding: 0px;">1 cup pumpkin purée (canned pumpkin)</li><li id="IngredientLine" style="border: none; margin: 0.2em 0px; padding: 0px;">1 teaspoon <a href="https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/detail.jsp?id=3742" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">pumpkin pie spice</a>, or 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon plus 1/4 teaspoon each ground ginger and nutmeg</li><li id="IngredientLine" style="border: none; margin: 0.2em 0px; padding: 0px;">1 teaspoon salt</li><li id="IngredientLine" style="border: none; margin: 0.2em 0px; padding: 0px;">1 teaspoon baking powder</li><li id="IngredientLine" style="border: none; margin: 0.2em 0px; padding: 0px;">1 1/2 cups <a href="https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/detail.jsp?id=3005" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour</a></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="recipe-instructions" id="directions" style="border-top: 1px dashed silver; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 10px 10px 0px 0px; padding-top: 10px; width: 443.516px;"><h2 style="color: #660033; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;">Directions</h2><ol class="recipe-instrux-ol" id="InstructionSection" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.4em 10px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.8em;"><li class="recipe-instrux-li" id="InstructionSet" style="list-style-type: decimal; margin: 3px 0px 8px; padding: 0px;"><span id="Instructions">Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease an 8" square pan or 9" round pan.</span></li><li class="recipe-instrux-li" id="InstructionSet" style="list-style-type: decimal; margin: 3px 0px 8px; padding: 0px;"><span id="Instructions">To make the topping: Whisk together the sugar, salt, flour, spice, and nuts. Add the melted butter, stirring just until well combined. Set the topping aside.</span></li><li class="recipe-instrux-li" id="InstructionSet" style="list-style-type: decimal; margin: 3px 0px 8px; padding: 0px;"><span id="Instructions">To make the filling: Mix together the brown sugar, spice, and cocoa powder. Note that the cocoa powder is used strictly for color, not flavor; leave it out if you like. Set it aside.</span></li><li class="recipe-instrux-li" id="InstructionSet" style="list-style-type: decimal; margin: 3px 0px 8px; padding: 0px;"><span id="Instructions">To make the cake: Beat together the oil, eggs, sugar, pumpkin, spices, salt, and baking powder until smooth.</span></li><li class="recipe-instrux-li" id="InstructionSet" style="list-style-type: decimal; margin: 3px 0px 8px; padding: 0px;"><span id="Instructions">Add the flour, stirring just until smooth.</span></li><li class="recipe-instrux-li" id="InstructionSet" style="list-style-type: decimal; margin: 3px 0px 8px; padding: 0px;"><span id="Instructions">Pour/spread half the batter into the prepared pan, spreading it all the way to the edges. If you have a scale, half the batter is about 13 1/2 ounces.</span></li><li class="recipe-instrux-li" id="InstructionSet" style="list-style-type: decimal; margin: 3px 0px 8px; padding: 0px;"><span id="Instructions">Sprinkle the filling evenly atop the batter.</span></li><li class="recipe-instrux-li" id="InstructionSet" style="list-style-type: decimal; margin: 3px 0px 8px; padding: 0px;"><span id="Instructions">Spread the remaining batter atop the filling. Use a table knife to gently swirl the filling into the batter, as though you were making a marble cake. Don't combine filling and batter thoroughly; just swirl the filling through the batter.</span></li><li class="recipe-instrux-li" id="InstructionSet" style="list-style-type: decimal; margin: 3px 0px 8px; padding: 0px;"><span id="Instructions">Sprinkle the topping over the batter in the pan.</span></li><li class="recipe-instrux-li" id="InstructionSet" style="list-style-type: decimal; margin: 3px 0px 8px; padding: 0px;"><span id="Instructions">Bake the cake until it's light brown on top, and a toothpick or cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean, about 40 to 45 minutes.</span></li><li class="recipe-instrux-li" id="InstructionSet" style="list-style-type: decimal; margin: 3px 0px 8px; padding: 0px;"><span id="Instructions">Remove the cake from the oven and allow it to cool for 20 minutes before cutting and serving. Serve the cake right from the pan.</span></li></ol></div><div id="helpful-tips" style="border-top: 1pt dashed silver; margin: 10px 10px 0px 0px; padding-top: 10px; width: 443.516px;"><h3 style="background-color: #ffffe5; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; position: relative;">Tips from our bakers</h3><ul style="background-color: #ffffe5; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.4em; padding: 0px;"><li data-serverid="Tip" style="border: none; list-style-type: disc; margin: 10px 0px 10px 12px; padding: 0px;">For a less sweet streusel, reduce the amount of granulated sugar in the topping to 1/3 cup.</li><li></li></ul></div></div></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Which I didn't :)</i></b></span><br /><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">So have a lovely week! We certainly will... </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">a dream come true having some of the kids close!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilxbptNWDFhbrlGEmDwZCwOse9NwNwYc4ENJTzEyO1dqS5gMwdySOpr0ExR8slMJAaNgFPgVX8gA0mXX5bn8ZXpP8JFdOHPIjMkHHuOkxMqnT618ygzJaHpApPaQp4OxO9oMgMWhsRKY4/s1600/thanksgiving-swing+cottage+journal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="586" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilxbptNWDFhbrlGEmDwZCwOse9NwNwYc4ENJTzEyO1dqS5gMwdySOpr0ExR8slMJAaNgFPgVX8gA0mXX5bn8ZXpP8JFdOHPIjMkHHuOkxMqnT618ygzJaHpApPaQp4OxO9oMgMWhsRKY4/w640-h274/thanksgiving-swing+cottage+journal.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>Above graphic from The Cottage Journal</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbvxPwWrq3OWTvBhFOIh95xNgKeqM3ZTcCeHuqB18zqH8mOV2n6E7U87Ql2Y9woqoszT__QQV8IFtkt33UqhzLMeF1eXta73RmiHz8bprfGkRMe86daOhGeGcM8gewKmtYj052iGFIItI/s600/Thanksgiving-Happy-Animated.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbvxPwWrq3OWTvBhFOIh95xNgKeqM3ZTcCeHuqB18zqH8mOV2n6E7U87Ql2Y9woqoszT__QQV8IFtkt33UqhzLMeF1eXta73RmiHz8bprfGkRMe86daOhGeGcM8gewKmtYj052iGFIItI/s320/Thanksgiving-Happy-Animated.gif" width="320" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><p> © copyright 2012 – All rights reserved </p>
<a href=”antiquesandteacups.info“>Antiques And Teacups</a></div>Antiques And Teacupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00353180034537009493noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727638102193854145.post-47668757592070192592020-11-16T08:12:00.003-08:002020-11-16T08:12:56.781-08:00A Tale Of 3 Generations of a Chintz The Joy Of Birds And Flowers<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ca0c8b;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><i>November continues... and has arrived here with cold temperatures that have had us putting on fleeces an adding another blanket!</i></b></span> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ca0c8b; font-family: georgia;"><b><i>But flowers and birds on chintz immediately lifts our spirits and warms us!</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFC9yxghbq_I6wHq7VScjUUX7_yV2KIUjaycMc7bxyJ11nmkftCO2gCHaLEU9RFuJBsU-HEi2rFSWh1TEEItqhErTAOmh-1krK75UIyIfLdPmzesOXaP0bm6BLL5XUQDRp8EYjOzTfDAg/s2048/1999-Chintz-collector_s-guide-Charlton-a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2026" data-original-width="2048" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFC9yxghbq_I6wHq7VScjUUX7_yV2KIUjaycMc7bxyJ11nmkftCO2gCHaLEU9RFuJBsU-HEi2rFSWh1TEEItqhErTAOmh-1krK75UIyIfLdPmzesOXaP0bm6BLL5XUQDRp8EYjOzTfDAg/w400-h396/1999-Chintz-collector_s-guide-Charlton-a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #ca0c8b; font-family: georgia;"><b><i>I have been enjoying researching some new items, and have enjoyed learning about a chintz pattern that morphed through the years into 2 other versions... similar but different.</i></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ca0c8b; font-family: georgia;"><b><i>And one of my reference books, held the key.</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ca0c8b; font-family: georgia;"><b><i>The Charlton Standard Catalogue Of Chintz is always a star of the chintz research books. It has been published in several editions, but this is the most recent which dates to 1999. I don't think they have published one since.</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ca0c8b; font-family: georgia;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ca0c8b; font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7EeIzV8Ya_zdwtpmrT4km2y1rl8s5xD-HOYNXLQe-j2TviPrco__ODZ-o_C4-jx_GYq56yD_SPIFQsfQaJOuRuFkCPPuDxpqQGinUaxjmNgcjmkdat8cYKna-VapAEN1YVIwSCzt8QJ0/s2048/1920s-Ivory-Chintz-teapot-stand-trivet-CrownDucal-black-borders-birds-d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7EeIzV8Ya_zdwtpmrT4km2y1rl8s5xD-HOYNXLQe-j2TviPrco__ODZ-o_C4-jx_GYq56yD_SPIFQsfQaJOuRuFkCPPuDxpqQGinUaxjmNgcjmkdat8cYKna-VapAEN1YVIwSCzt8QJ0/w400-h300/1920s-Ivory-Chintz-teapot-stand-trivet-CrownDucal-black-borders-birds-d.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ca0c8b; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="color: #ca0c8b; font-family: georgia;"><b><i>The chintz pattern I am speaking of today is by Crown Ducal, England, which was debuted in 1918, the first chintz pattern the Crown Ducal... a trade name of A. G. Richardson & Co. Ltd made.</i></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ca0c8b; font-family: georgia;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ca0c8b; font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/ivory-chintz-teapot-stand-trivet-1920s-flowers-birds-black-crown-ducal-gold-trim?_pos=4&_sid=eea85fa11&_ss=r" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2050" data-original-width="2550" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMy73wY39RIT4MWVCMXpKK4EriBxsyTWFb8_9XK7NYnImjCrLc_pvsfIkfdyTcVk8kyFgWAeGhmP1jyEMbP8dsjRikV-5_b30ma2w4SiKz0_rRshdURSixM6FF17CyBLxnVoCDYKNqf_0/w400-h321/1920s-Ivory-Chintz-teapot-stand-trivet-CrownDucal-black-borders-birds-a+%25281%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #ca0c8b; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /><i>The original chintz, pattern number A500 with the above one, here on a teapot stand, with colorful roses, berries and fantasy birds, and was released in 1918 and was an instant success, although not seen much today.</i></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ca0c8b; font-family: georgia;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ca0c8b; font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/ivory-chintz-cup-and-saucer-with-plate-1920s-flowers-birds-black-bands-crown-ducal?_pos=3&_sid=eea85fa11&_ss=r" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2041" data-original-width="2561" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO3iVfpIGfgHhLDTRgoIwCVJ8z_QeRBc06hjpItZ8YeAfhemSQ0X50cfZ91gF5NJL9PEsaFHFyazA8YhBf-Ey2kUhOqowmBI1jyHpdpNcHZT7OnGpAspUxp7CB9nlvWMi-GPzGbsZ-B_w/w400-h319/1920s-Ivory-Chintz-teacup-trio-CrownDucal-black-borders-birds-a.JPG" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #ca0c8b; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /><i>another example...</i></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ca0c8b; font-family: georgia;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ca0c8b; font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/ivory-chintz-creamer-cream-jug-1920s-flowers-birds-black-bands-crown-ducal?_pos=2&_sid=eea85fa11&_ss=r" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1661" data-original-width="2048" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEincNoSWo_d1h23mVEO9Rot5U5Qgc1ov7SWmXXLyk76SYo61esdb6cvfhVi66tWAp56TugwuBXLvF5XB_QSqW6iftEy7TWGZB4TDZykVE2C26mjeNfpSyTFMLg69gwolfk4BzdVVN9TSqQ/w400-h325/1920s-Ivory-Chintz-creamer-CrownDucal-black-borders-birds-a.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #ca0c8b; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /><i>A few years later, the pattern was updated with a matte black band, and became Ivory Chintz noted as pattern A559.</i></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ca0c8b; font-family: georgia;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ca0c8b; font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ4FbtyHnzHs9l3SU6oghoi9ZcrZjevcxRJwNXLHJ2osUalbCTtxh1i9yJM4V8LrkXizYrNmj2xc4htDsPtZUm6LY7utF2dylI50rtw8iOHWXz5g80ftBgps06VD4xoxzMiNFlwk7KjYw/s2625/1-Roseland-chintz-CrownDucal.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1991" data-original-width="2625" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ4FbtyHnzHs9l3SU6oghoi9ZcrZjevcxRJwNXLHJ2osUalbCTtxh1i9yJM4V8LrkXizYrNmj2xc4htDsPtZUm6LY7utF2dylI50rtw8iOHWXz5g80ftBgps06VD4xoxzMiNFlwk7KjYw/w400-h304/1-Roseland-chintz-CrownDucal.JPG" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #ca0c8b; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The final version was released in 1926 with lovely pink roses added to the black banding and renamed Roseland...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/roseland-chintz-octagon-lunch-plate-1930s-roses-black-bands-flowers-birds-crown-ducal?_pos=5&_sid=eea85fa11&_ss=r" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1717" data-original-width="2048" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirfyKNYblkeshNapXM_m3Hp67vIpUVz5O_m7JR0cebGs-IPU7Oq6hYG2B5sTHaWLYMZThHIIgt-fE2pSnFL8QM0IIs7Jh0xfh8qM1j_rrYvgFMW7ju4DufxlAzPWRFOqYBm6LKsRFnDhY/w400-h335/1920s-Roseland-Chintz-plate-CrownDucal-black-borders-birds-a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><i>A wonderful art deco pattern really, and love the octagonal shapes....</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/roseland-chintz-octagon-lunch-plate-1930s-roses-black-bands-flowers-birds-crown-ducal?_pos=1&_sid=3b764e98e&_ss=r" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcwdZkpt01vDDBO5SKFcION8uc6tSA-3sTfaeLpVd48llqbSTp6YLXlk5_LxTOFrmUhkQA47Q28uiaJ0gIu-REGinZlUrYeMWKjMTZVme1OPSRgxNYBCMO4Jv6VpNPBMPEUCgnD5qvVX8/w400-h300/1920s-Roseland-Chintz-plate-CrownDucal-black-borders-birds-d.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i>All versions continued to be made, so purchasers could mix and match... always a fun choice.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO6c4ZmmF3BLc7qw6unUcJeL66LJZgKKQ7SOerGhINFD4Yi2dQ-qBmKQa8cePq9wMMRZhlRaa3gadhuwjdgdONJaam2d7J3T4FgmOt-JnNoFTh41zocqE0Y9o5IevFJ8y5zL7nvc_kIFE/s2048/1920s-Roseland-Chintz-plate-CrownDucal-black-borders-birds-h.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO6c4ZmmF3BLc7qw6unUcJeL66LJZgKKQ7SOerGhINFD4Yi2dQ-qBmKQa8cePq9wMMRZhlRaa3gadhuwjdgdONJaam2d7J3T4FgmOt-JnNoFTh41zocqE0Y9o5IevFJ8y5zL7nvc_kIFE/w400-h300/1920s-Roseland-Chintz-plate-CrownDucal-black-borders-birds-h.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><i>A. G. Richardson, the maker of Crown Ducal, which opened in 1915, finally closed in 1974.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>But what a great legacy of chintz and other quality English pieces!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These and more items at Antiques And Teacups</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com">https://www.antiquesandteacups.com</a></div></div><br /><i><br /></i></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ca0c8b; font-family: georgia;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ca0c8b; font-family: georgia;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ca0c8b; font-family: georgia;"><b><i> </i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ca0c8b; font-family: georgia;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ca0c8b; font-family: georgia;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><p> © copyright 2012 – All rights reserved </p>
<a href=”antiquesandteacups.info“>Antiques And Teacups</a></div>Antiques And Teacupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00353180034537009493noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727638102193854145.post-89078673618623844032020-11-02T04:00:00.003-08:002020-11-02T04:00:08.880-08:00November 1st, Peach Scones, Paragon And Aynsley Teacups, Books<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK9PeH2Ka12B1ANC29WSG0vnA-XqpP4702-2-8RU3ds40h6ZtF06umYIVQqL3RECBEweu_B9yUUZnZD4G7_MbhMO8K3ez_sOrjCPxFhaDJIbXfp8gvewEbzIl6FFbcj4Am8v6iwOCjsH0/s960/November+wisdom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="726" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK9PeH2Ka12B1ANC29WSG0vnA-XqpP4702-2-8RU3ds40h6ZtF06umYIVQqL3RECBEweu_B9yUUZnZD4G7_MbhMO8K3ez_sOrjCPxFhaDJIbXfp8gvewEbzIl6FFbcj4Am8v6iwOCjsH0/w303-h400/November+wisdom.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia;"><b><i>It is hard to believe November is actually here already... in a world so changed from last November!</i></b></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>But...what a mostly glorious summer week it has been! Sunny and warm during the day but cold and frosty at night! </i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>It has definitely caused the leaved to do their final color changes.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>And lots of organic fresh fruit still at the local shops... although the choice is dwindling.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>But... a few peaches were delivered, so... peach scones!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmTJGnFOdVwK0opcQqOho4-Qp9X8v3tl6vXjCS3jL9oFw0f4WKPt8xqYkdyRYYyhXQbUS2rmPywgDZurz7-SIdihtRs9JmAyqBcEIzpT-R5mR_LAhOkaS2yAfpEl1sO1hFogE8_g8gkzk/s1600/peach-scone-tea-a.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1541" data-original-width="1600" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmTJGnFOdVwK0opcQqOho4-Qp9X8v3tl6vXjCS3jL9oFw0f4WKPt8xqYkdyRYYyhXQbUS2rmPywgDZurz7-SIdihtRs9JmAyqBcEIzpT-R5mR_LAhOkaS2yAfpEl1sO1hFogE8_g8gkzk/s400/peach-scone-tea-a.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>I remembered a print I love, and thought I would share it with you. </i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>And so combined with a couple of pretty teacups and the Tender Peach Scones I made from a new recipe to use the peaches...</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjyMP5HxuAxYu4AwSP4F-mc-cONofbQKtiZnrmdYTdzWj-iDMc-5NObn8h7wk_SdSLpN9Ec36-hMH0OdsM_gxizfi80eh_7ktQfNVmgROoiQXw6V2lubecC-w0m1v9LElUJ_lmnqTxxIg/s1600/peach-scone-tea-b.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1498" data-original-width="1600" height="373" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjyMP5HxuAxYu4AwSP4F-mc-cONofbQKtiZnrmdYTdzWj-iDMc-5NObn8h7wk_SdSLpN9Ec36-hMH0OdsM_gxizfi80eh_7ktQfNVmgROoiQXw6V2lubecC-w0m1v9LElUJ_lmnqTxxIg/s400/peach-scone-tea-b.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>The print is one I bought from the artist, Barbara Fox, </i></b></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>matted print of a watercolor by living listed artist Barbara Fox that was purchased from the Loey're Gallery, Sheridan Oregon during the artist's exhibition at the Angels Camp, CA., The Best of Calaveras County </i></b></span></span><b style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; text-align: left;">Annual Exhibition in 1999.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; text-align: left;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVUd-yC7yhyphenhyphentgAeP3LbJ2WDC6Swdpz48Ddbj5eNwvyUu8MHbEh9SqbgqpdivcNm3Iqio0NLAfNl2e-xq50oQ4jquWc9qutnqndGiyxIsUf4LiwHrySLre3kXYtPfdM_MToWusN1f53Ls4/s1600/peach-scone-tea-c.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1281" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVUd-yC7yhyphenhyphentgAeP3LbJ2WDC6Swdpz48Ddbj5eNwvyUu8MHbEh9SqbgqpdivcNm3Iqio0NLAfNl2e-xq50oQ4jquWc9qutnqndGiyxIsUf4LiwHrySLre3kXYtPfdM_MToWusN1f53Ls4/s400/peach-scone-tea-c.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; text-align: left;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>The print is titled San Francisco, '98, and is the glass Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park, and was done as a fundraiser for restoration after the 1998 Loma Prieta earthquake.</i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>Having grown up a few miles away in what is now known as Silicon Valley, and having spent many happy hours growing up visiting with my nurseryman uncle, I couldn't pass it up.</i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ahttps://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/aynsley-corset-cup-and-saucer-peachy-pink-floral-chintz-1940s-bone-china-tea-party?_pos=21&_sid=c01b969fb&_ss=r&variant=21995817631833"><img border="0" data-original-height="1299" data-original-width="1600" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilVMpI0jaRqG5kCjNbjGmcjnAmFK-u3fNWV3MDMWVhtOi_z42edSreywHhJZ2F8aSV9saAPhFYh4nKwiLO6Gx5d2pkfHY9Yv8ifdXX4ceYU60FjyDKQro-ELUJZ8awWWhlRDz-QR0uG0I/s400/peach-scone-tea-d-mkd.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>I am always on the look out for teacups, and found a few lovely ones.</i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>This is a gorgeous peachy pink floral chintz teacup by Aynsley, England is what is known as a corset shape.</i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/aynsley-corset-cup-and-saucer-peachy-pink-floral-chintz-1940s-bone-china-tea-party?_pos=21&_sid=c01b969fb&_ss=r&variant=21995817631833"><img border="0" data-original-height="1218" data-original-width="1600" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl75yHC43Avc60Q1IRF1fSimcj_JQ1B9XCFdLagEeOpZwWAwCMVRmjVdHUJZnSBgqqcE5GNAgYk8a-XADo87k70yPh-u7EfN-jUgiPbOo08lxm9cUACsIaMTOjeYmNNknt1MPu8Iqmw9Q/s400/peach-scone-tea-da.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>The mark dates it to the early 1950-1960s, and includes a pattern number, which isn't always the case. Aynsley is now owned by Belleek since 1997.</i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/fancy-cup-and-saucer-paragon-french-blue-gold-fruit-queen-elizabeth-warrant-1960s?_pos=1&_sid=cbe114146&_ss=r"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="1600" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjllicvD7vUWuzsicpZkXAMc0wCDFDKyN0Uz6bRwXcK7zDJnx5u9wEW6MFIl1telBsLCW_m5n3_qHq4tlcZ8jWyW1rOOHnexgyuYLrdqA3m1q7sa0gp1gNyOL22L2YYp7ieDwC3oAH-eKY/s400/peach-scone-tea-e-mkd.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>The other teacup is a gorgeous one from Paragon, England with French blue and white, gold overlay and fruit centers...including peaches!</i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/fancy-cup-and-saucer-paragon-french-blue-gold-fruit-queen-elizabeth-warrant-1960s?_pos=1&_sid=cbe114146&_ss=r"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Kt3NGeTzQesrz0ozl1K94OuSV9x9onjrvgNZxnMyNVhpLWrczWRO1FvjV63C6zpHSuVKY4cJ4LCdjWTnIEsUDzKYSqt4rN-R3QIwK7wtz9nBqVi3qthuQq7NX9QVefU1YUBt0D1fRL8/s400/peach-scone-tea-ea.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>I think it is gorgeous!</i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/fancy-cup-and-saucer-paragon-french-blue-gold-fruit-queen-elizabeth-warrant-1960s?_pos=1&_sid=cbe114146&_ss=r"><img border="0" data-original-height="1277" data-original-width="1600" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLnhb1nSU_34A54fj47ouqIfCMShoOzBGTaENZYgKV2gvGDrz4E6hyGQ6CQUoaun9prCDiajDulUVtm0novTqSQs-cQ8o3TaDGSHfWOVTSl7uXuN4kQYxRq47ELBMBVd2MuCTX3YnH6fY/s400/peach-scone-tea-eb.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>The Royal Warrant on this Paragon teacup is for Queen Elizabeth II. The mark dates to the early part of her reign, which began in 1953. The mark changed a few years later.</i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/regency-sugar-tongs-english-hallmarked-sterling-silver-1835-london-abs-mono-p-t?_pos=1&_sid=e3860569c&_ss=r"><img border="0" data-original-height="1249" data-original-width="1600" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4qHuFRoC3ayXDuPmvCBfMtCZUeNUoOXWzoXiSzYx2tE_PVeUb8V3WJ0a46r42vIPe1Oe8ZasamY-vPSyXD8VLR_TQt8stphnkjZRYZ9D5jnDRt6dUF6KOzM46gc4ic92acj2yR14ImZw/s400/peach-scone-tea-k.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>I used a chose a chrome basket for my sugar cubes... and an </i></b></span></span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>antique pair of English Regency or Georgian period hallmarked sterling silver sugar tongs in the fiddle pattern.</i></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/regency-sugar-tongs-english-hallmarked-sterling-silver-1835-london-abs-mono-p-t?_pos=1&_sid=7fc4c08fb&_ss=r"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="1024" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS_wJnOFwbnydEAaugokISHAA-h7Jj_8q3wd2NZz7CeSP4ywyZRYGlHFv7gAhkg3gVhIv6l-cMxyjqJ_VBACGSet99A5oAQMCNW59o0Kg6lcCkuQxL_oSkBjJLLzXEMWX1ZkfjrBq3AAM/s400/1835-London-Sterling-silver-sugar-tongs-regency.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>The sugar tongs or nips are hallmarked for London, England 1835 and the maker ABS for<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>Adey Bellamy Savory and measure 5.75 inches long.</i></span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>They have the script monogram of P T on the bow. Could Jane Austen have used them????</i></span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwgzATUyalyqz2-oksxFHhsw4ZKo3BQFdiU1_PTO8ULGfPaKcX1VLzA8TE700ju2p26PgaBnQyAOQzE4WhO6elhlIHLFgpCuDMAwh6A8FSo9seOBhiJg1-zVVn5hamDagTCxYwE5Fdbyg/s1600/peach-scone-tea-l.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwgzATUyalyqz2-oksxFHhsw4ZKo3BQFdiU1_PTO8ULGfPaKcX1VLzA8TE700ju2p26PgaBnQyAOQzE4WhO6elhlIHLFgpCuDMAwh6A8FSo9seOBhiJg1-zVVn5hamDagTCxYwE5Fdbyg/s400/peach-scone-tea-l.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I love to read. And over the years have found authors I have really enjoyed, and collected their books. The book I was currently reading when I did this tea is The Duke's Daighter by Angela Thirkell. Although the cover is from a ptr-Rapaelite Victorian painter, the story is placed in world war 2 time England and is charming.</i></span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4WJ74jqQY6Z-y5fJ4MUHNBgCPvWkE1AMmq_lpEPZC8yzKv2avuFHpw8eB_TcBPJw21mvqT7JBKsWHM0FMHBLdk3GQFBKF8kxYPB1OqYr8_t64pCpyYoixvVBI9LMr7_CpoB3RnchIPZU/s1600/peach-scone-tea-m.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1254" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4WJ74jqQY6Z-y5fJ4MUHNBgCPvWkE1AMmq_lpEPZC8yzKv2avuFHpw8eB_TcBPJw21mvqT7JBKsWHM0FMHBLdk3GQFBKF8kxYPB1OqYr8_t64pCpyYoixvVBI9LMr7_CpoB3RnchIPZU/s400/peach-scone-tea-m.JPG" width="312" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>The pre Raphaelite cover is apropos, as Anela Thirkell's mother was the daughter of the painter Edward Burne-Jones, and her mother is probably the model for his painting on the cover.</i></span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>If you enjoy Miss Read, English country life, a bit of romance and gently humor, the books are a delight.</i></span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEz8Ov_vRPCN0phV3QoLrdEFHjcLvWPyfPT7DtwWZQdb3nxEKRjN4fJbblOsDs43jXJb7CtwT7HD3nFE8sEzbmfygY8bNPjtOReT5xPVUefzAiLUg_Kd_9QWTsmYOQQ8kN22RejHeeUd0/s1600/peach-scone-tea-f.JPG" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1251" data-original-width="1600" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEz8Ov_vRPCN0phV3QoLrdEFHjcLvWPyfPT7DtwWZQdb3nxEKRjN4fJbblOsDs43jXJb7CtwT7HD3nFE8sEzbmfygY8bNPjtOReT5xPVUefzAiLUg_Kd_9QWTsmYOQQ8kN22RejHeeUd0/s400/peach-scone-tea-f.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>And for a tea treat... Tender Peach Scones from King Arthur Flour....</i></span></strong></div><h4 style="background-color: #f8f5f0; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Para Supreme"; font-size: 1.5rem; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.16; margin-top: 0px;">Ingredients</h4><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"></strong></div><div class="ingredient-section" style="background-color: #f8f5f0; box-sizing: inherit;"><ul class="list--bullets" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: brandon-grotesque, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 1.875rem;"><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;">2 cups (241g) <a href="https://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/items/king-arthur-unbleached-all-purpose-flour-5-lb" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: black;" target="_blank">King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour</a></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;">1/2 teaspoon salt</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;">1/3 cup (67g) granulated sugar</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;">1/4 to 3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg,* to taste</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;">1 tablespoon baking powder</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;">3/8 cup (6 tablespoons, 85g) cold butter, cut into pieces</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;">2 large eggs</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;">1/3 cup (74g) full-fat or low-fat (not nonfat) vanilla yogurt or sour cream</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;">1/2 teaspoon <a href="https://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/items/pure-almond-extract-8-oz" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: black;" target="_blank">almond extract</a></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;">1 cup (142g) diced peach, peeled or not; fresh, frozen/thawed, or canned</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;">coarse white sparkling sugar, optional; for sprinkling on top</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;">1 teaspoon <a href="https://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/items/madagascar-bourbon-vanilla-extract-8-oz" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: black;" target="_blank">vanilla extract</a></li></ul><div class="ingredient-section__footnote" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: brandon-grotesque, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.875rem;">*Don't like nutmeg? Substitute ground cinnamon, or simply leave out the spice altogether.</div><div class="ingredient-section__footnote" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.875rem;"><h4 style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Para Supreme"; font-size: 1.5rem; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.16; margin-top: 0px;">Instructions</h4><div class="field field--recipe-steps" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><ol class="list--numbers" style="box-sizing: inherit; counter-reset: a 0; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; padding-left: 1.75rem;"><li class="field__item" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: brandon-grotesque, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: brandon-grotesque; font-size: 1.125rem; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0.016rem; line-height: 1.56; margin-bottom: 1.25rem;">Preheat the oven to 375°F. Lightly grease a baking sheet, or line it with parchment.</div></li><li class="field__item" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: brandon-grotesque, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: brandon-grotesque; font-size: 1.125rem; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0.016rem; line-height: 1.56; margin-bottom: 1.25rem;">In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, sugar, nutmeg, and baking powder.</div></li><li class="field__item" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: brandon-grotesque, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: brandon-grotesque; font-size: 1.125rem; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0.016rem; line-height: 1.56; margin-bottom: 1.25rem;">Work in the butter, using your fingers, a fork, or a pastry blender.</div></li><li class="field__item" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: brandon-grotesque, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: brandon-grotesque; font-size: 1.125rem; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0.016rem; line-height: 1.56; margin-bottom: 1.25rem;">In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs, yogurt or sour cream, and the extracts.</div></li><li class="field__item" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: brandon-grotesque, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: brandon-grotesque; font-size: 1.125rem; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0.016rem; line-height: 1.56; margin-bottom: 1.25rem;">Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.</div></li><li class="field__item" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: brandon-grotesque, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: brandon-grotesque; font-size: 1.125rem; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0.016rem; line-height: 1.56; margin-bottom: 1.25rem;">Add the peaches, stirring just until everything is combined. This is a wet, sticky dough.</div></li><li class="field__item" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: brandon-grotesque, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: brandon-grotesque; font-size: 1.125rem; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0.016rem; line-height: 1.56; margin-bottom: 1.25rem;">Drop the dough by the 1/4-cupful onto the prepared pan; a <a href="https://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/landing.jsp?go=DetailDefault&id=5640" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: black;">muffin scoop</a>works well here.</div></li><li class="field__item" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: brandon-grotesque, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: brandon-grotesque; font-size: 1.125rem; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0.016rem; line-height: 1.56; margin-bottom: 1.25rem;">Sprinkle the scones with coarse sugar, if desired.</div></li><li class="field__item" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: brandon-grotesque, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: brandon-grotesque; font-size: 1.125rem; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0.016rem; line-height: 1.56; margin-bottom: 1.25rem;">Bake the scones for 20 to 25 minutes, until they're a light golden brown. Remove them from the oven, and let them cool on the pan for a few minutes before transferring to a rack to cool completely.</div></li><li class="field__item" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: brandon-grotesque, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: brandon-grotesque; font-size: 1.125rem; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0.016rem; line-height: 1.56; margin-bottom: 1.25rem;">Serve warm, or at room temperature. Store at room temperature, well-wrapped, for several days; freeze for longer storage.</div></li><li class="field__item" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: brandon-grotesque, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm7oWRvRkuh8sbxHo5zIZbmIpgghprSvohpqM0clTfMJe9g-zGIjrw2YnPmzi1WEnM0hkz8KJO0ZkKOH3XpnTSwBKSK8G5-uj69GyGewYYE2z87hMYOVjrIiHgIIFSDWVIbDSJVXVNn1c/s1600/peach-scone-tea-n.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1270" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm7oWRvRkuh8sbxHo5zIZbmIpgghprSvohpqM0clTfMJe9g-zGIjrw2YnPmzi1WEnM0hkz8KJO0ZkKOH3XpnTSwBKSK8G5-uj69GyGewYYE2z87hMYOVjrIiHgIIFSDWVIbDSJVXVNn1c/s400/peach-scone-tea-n.JPG" width="316" /></a></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: brandon-grotesque; font-size: 1.125rem; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0.016rem; line-height: 1.56; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; text-align: center;"><br /></div></li><li class="field__item" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0.016rem; line-height: 1.56; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>They were lovely and moist, more cake-like than many scones, and reminded me more of scones we have had in Germany rather than England, but lovely indeed, and tasting of summer which we will be remembering in the coming months!</i></b></span></div></li><li class="field__item" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0.016rem; line-height: 1.56; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div></li></ol></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><p> © copyright 2012 – All rights reserved </p>
<a href=”antiquesandteacups.info“>Antiques And Teacups</a></div>Antiques And Teacupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00353180034537009493noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727638102193854145.post-45251799039969128602020-10-19T06:21:00.001-07:002020-10-19T06:21:54.102-07:00Enjoying Fall With Transferware, Victoria Magazines And A Culinary Flop!<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzMnG8JgON40BFmVo9Z6art38ATVdzLX0WaGh_GsOx7pu-gNDiItVJTuWx96XCmXJ-uQNg-X5oB2XkSg0dedRA4v8YFIQ1Xx15z9R9P_EDbYDYgDiFBAO6merWuKRwuoCMLZt3ajsxO00/s960/autumn-October-Anne-GGables-quote.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzMnG8JgON40BFmVo9Z6art38ATVdzLX0WaGh_GsOx7pu-gNDiItVJTuWx96XCmXJ-uQNg-X5oB2XkSg0dedRA4v8YFIQ1Xx15z9R9P_EDbYDYgDiFBAO6merWuKRwuoCMLZt3ajsxO00/s320/autumn-October-Anne-GGables-quote.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><b><i>Hello! It's half way through October already, which is so hard to believe!</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><b><i>It has been a strange normally not normal month so far... you know what I mean...</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><b><i>including a troll attack on Facebook, medication adjustments for my Honey, and generally just reminding ourselves it's day by day....</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVI7e9fxXk49sZ1s9tPryXmP2So2_YVANqzC0XNMmcf3IHAgMAgJPem1DMr9bpFQ1D4CZJbZE6oFWe2s4HenQhbQzH8XHQ4MfU-XrQJxcUhfQ4FN1_myKOVkvZ11C6s5kwhoNiWvnmHRw/s2640/1-Tonquin-tea-a.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="2640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVI7e9fxXk49sZ1s9tPryXmP2So2_YVANqzC0XNMmcf3IHAgMAgJPem1DMr9bpFQ1D4CZJbZE6oFWe2s4HenQhbQzH8XHQ4MfU-XrQJxcUhfQ4FN1_myKOVkvZ11C6s5kwhoNiWvnmHRw/w400-h300/1-Tonquin-tea-a.JPG" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /><i>We have been having... finally... some seasonable rain and cloudy, foggy weather, so photographing has not been best.</i></b></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwNx5vr2hF7fD87F__1VRlLjIfbwvrj4hQfzZHE8UTzka4eiDvbu9fg97NSPWqBxJLKmYH3dREqWjv9wlBQUegW24_jMqNsyCEE1diBG_-3wEWokxPKlmLwr9rL_kfoKJQgwSsJXp5jPQ/s2640/1-Tonquin-tea-b.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="2640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwNx5vr2hF7fD87F__1VRlLjIfbwvrj4hQfzZHE8UTzka4eiDvbu9fg97NSPWqBxJLKmYH3dREqWjv9wlBQUegW24_jMqNsyCEE1diBG_-3wEWokxPKlmLwr9rL_kfoKJQgwSsJXp5jPQ/w400-h300/1-Tonquin-tea-b.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><i><b>But it has been a comfort to have a cup of tea and relax at times with the joy of perusing past Victoria magazines...</b></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ0E6RuYy4iDLrVQU38Y4MsFIPWCDnXKse3NIau8ssHf-eLyt9suoJ-XvHFXz3hi5DDGXxzwENS21fwS9IZTm-Dvsu78rO0PAFKtAhOlGC-PHFH0Joc-A39hOwBpA9-2RGzK6Xq7GqRZ4/s2599/1-Tonquin-tea-d.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2011" data-original-width="2599" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ0E6RuYy4iDLrVQU38Y4MsFIPWCDnXKse3NIau8ssHf-eLyt9suoJ-XvHFXz3hi5DDGXxzwENS21fwS9IZTm-Dvsu78rO0PAFKtAhOlGC-PHFH0Joc-A39hOwBpA9-2RGzK6Xq7GqRZ4/w400-h310/1-Tonquin-tea-d.JPG" width="400" /></a></i></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><i><br /><b>A new addition here are some transferware cups and saucers in </b></i></span><i style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><b> of my favorite pattern of Tonquin from the 1960s from Royal Staffordshire, England that was designed when the famous Clarice Cliff was art director. Quite traditional and different from her better known modernistic Bizarre lines, but just gorgeous ironstone transferware.</b></i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/tonquin-blue-transferware-cup-and-saucer-1960s-ironstone-royal-staffordshire-clarice-cliff?_pos=1&_sid=cdfbf23fd&_ss=r" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="2640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw26TXL1MVH1qkDyX44O7FJAJZOkiirc2ajEG4fVg105SG3x3SZaNF2Wy0XT-pivSXu0oeWhZPIRuMo-qerQp5F-GxVj9MIIVZywSte5Zrkcb_3AY1CiG_lBOdKNHUxpnQjeo7pLbgj1M/w400-h300/1-Tonquin-tea-f.JPG" width="400" /></a></i></div><i style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /><b>The pattern was made in several colorways like red, blue, green and brown.</b></i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/tonquin-blue-transferware-cup-and-saucer-1960s-ironstone-royal-staffordshire-clarice-cliff?_pos=1&_sid=cdfbf23fd&_ss=r" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1406" data-original-width="2048" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQtRimRe0LUWTuQF3fGPQskAhelUfZqxNWjcYvqVhaEkjbPGXndTWf4Baidq9KPG6WLSgyn9-HFxoZiylhoNXaHyZBLUXGsk1NDMNkehWz8TNoksgGgm5G8md1NoKlFqm1AjTtuAHgMgk/w400-h275/1-Tonquin-tea-g.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div><i style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /><b>The pottery was included in the Shorter group and A. J. Wilkinson as well as the Newport Pottery and was acquired by Wedgwood in 1965 when the pottery basically disappeared.</b></i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/johnson-brothers-wakefield-teapot-english-1950s-transferware-floral-windsor-ware?_pos=1&_sid=389bf643a&_ss=r" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="2640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivo79imGp8DUnCgcyPJf25NHZs4A-m9Y0wxWhAM9x_pTGNy7KgH6Bglrxo2-HUufJdpF2OBYnFn2YXS6b8ZbSOyOGdA9evWyMPdyboQ2ffJ55qTe8CN_Usg6kZPlLWyxPB5KkjtatOHq0/w400-h300/1-Tonquin-tea-h.JPG" width="400" /></a></i></div><i style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /><b>And of course, a teapot! Another new-to-us item is this 1950s Johnson Brothers Wakefield ironstone teapot under their Windsor Ware line.</b></i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/johnson-brothers-wakefield-teapot-english-1950s-transferware-floral-windsor-ware?_pos=1&_sid=389bf643a&_ss=r" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="2640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC7glses4bzUV1WF_lSaXdQiVJqIepd8nQB67IlCE9sL4r-Pw4ghO6LW-NWKUQoNV4xbUtpBp6iPeHpciRoKDHlgWsNHDfMTkQGkDqAhpuXOKQLko943uY_jiE6CZeN3yKvQPvrjVM2Is/w400-h300/1-Tonquin-tea-j.JPG" width="400" /></a></i></div><p style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><b>The hand colored on brown transferware design features different cottage garden flowers.. so pretty!</b></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/johnson-brothers-wakefield-teapot-english-1950s-transferware-floral-windsor-ware?_pos=1&_sid=389bf643a&_ss=r" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="2640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6_B2klkDj_cn6J8yReTpzYVyi3IokbCzRzYZKHYy6y2w2Coe1NyyvKyAEUXQvKdAyThC70sxN5gpuuZbqGoxURSo0o0zdqHWLMcm6nIGL9bKqDaxHz4DJah9bFY37K9bOhHISJAATuMA/w400-h300/1-Tonquin-tea-k.JPG" width="400" /></a></i></div><i style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /><b>Johnson Brothers is another pottery begun in the late Victorian era in the Stoke-on-Trent area in 1883. The pottery survived both World Wars but, like many area potteries, had difficulties in the 1960s and were acquired by Wedgwood in 1968. In 2003, all production was moved out of the UK... sigh... and the brand, along with many in the WWRD or Waterford Wedgwood Royal Doulton comglomerate were acquired by Fiskars in 2015.</b><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/royal-winton-hot-water-pot-ye-olde-inne-vintage-cottage-ware-1930s-rubian-ware-teapot?_pos=1&_sid=2ca6706fd&_ss=r&variant=32224760496217" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2009" data-original-width="2602" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYYf3vEl06txr2KywJnxxGhg6g6YkqRMI_JxRDNqsiWjsyE-n7Rv33JfSCuomjDtu2FrlBBBHdMf-qWOntSTvqjaYyd6YuaL1vANiAwKNCNyI_kjGmUndaB4o8EL1907naPrJj8-ZKA2w/w400-h309/1-Tonquin-tea-l.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><b>This cutie is a hot water pot, but mostly used as a teapot, in the Ye Olde Inne design made by Royal Winton Grimwades, England in their hand painted Rubian Ware cottage ware line from the 1930s.</b><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/royal-winton-hot-water-pot-ye-olde-inne-vintage-cottage-ware-1930s-rubian-ware-teapot?_pos=1&_sid=2ca6706fd&_ss=r&variant=32224760496217" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWkkpPmUmmQ5HJvsGI7a2L0WLBOIy1Srn3j3-mpsmki5NJgA4eeUspYHPJBf6wTUVQfrN6NgQIH1myQDlUZkyzvlzjVrmsk8n2fEncXoAkurITbowM_iRu7obwkxLe0ZQ8q_w4iUQndUw/w400-h300/1-Tonquin-tea-la.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><b>The pottery, most famous for their wonderful chintzware, has survived since 1900 through several family changes and fluctuating fortunes, but is till in operation in the UK, although this line has not been made since the 1950s, and is very collectible.</b><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicHR_7EcLHaF4X5Pgsq1Yca-YbxrZY8FNDmWCy8_UbKHmZ2PWpvcTdYLTvDg-IPNyOir9ApjHJllz2bzo98SFXKpH0sFOVD7Nm7DW2ywuWqMOs4B8q5KvV-gNeefo3x4_ajCQM8AMCvC8/s2640/1-Tonquin-tea-m.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="2640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicHR_7EcLHaF4X5Pgsq1Yca-YbxrZY8FNDmWCy8_UbKHmZ2PWpvcTdYLTvDg-IPNyOir9ApjHJllz2bzo98SFXKpH0sFOVD7Nm7DW2ywuWqMOs4B8q5KvV-gNeefo3x4_ajCQM8AMCvC8/w400-h300/1-Tonquin-tea-m.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><b>And then there is.... my flop!</b><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>I was intrigued by a recipe for pumpkin scones using self rising flour and English lemonade... 7Up... so tried it... and it flopped! So not even giving you the recipe. A disappointment. Did not like the texture... which was softer than an English scone and more like a European scone. Anyway, not my best experiment!</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>I found this wonderful October's Party poem by George Cooper in a book a few years ago and want to share it with you as I did enjoy it, and remember reading it as a grade school student. I hope it mirrors your own experience and brings a smile and a sense of peace to you!</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20juXAfCVXzf6s4Z0kubURnAVTy1r-Lv9oraSjXG2IIuFr8c9y0qCQWwBF4t7Rct1NhO83v1tLpTSg8VZ1ItRizQZG9HCGm9iBaPuPWt2aNF9_aprCQEdFggiVWERSKcg1ha-zmSc6RM/s597/autumn-October%2527sParty-poem-GeorgeCooper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20juXAfCVXzf6s4Z0kubURnAVTy1r-Lv9oraSjXG2IIuFr8c9y0qCQWwBF4t7Rct1NhO83v1tLpTSg8VZ1ItRizQZG9HCGm9iBaPuPWt2aNF9_aprCQEdFggiVWERSKcg1ha-zmSc6RM/w428-h640/autumn-October%2527sParty-poem-GeorgeCooper.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b> </b></p><b><br /></b></i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><p> © copyright 2012 – All rights reserved </p>
<a href=”antiquesandteacups.info“>Antiques And Teacups</a></div>Antiques And Teacupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00353180034537009493noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727638102193854145.post-24045419712456680682020-09-28T09:25:00.003-07:002020-10-23T05:51:55.696-07:00October Arrives, and September Departs With Tea, Of Course!<p> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqmiLnxZdhOtytALAyw3lZ5ZWgQ72shXFLMzxUgAS0PBLYsfin3iD3XtiYMQVqbaRfnHCcxEJHFGczjnSePx0fY5OghJTb0w6TYKoHv58dofObQ8Q4PWaWaVbmAkQ0vAKPTueLDwV2QXQ/s800/autumn-october%253Dquote-TTmag.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqmiLnxZdhOtytALAyw3lZ5ZWgQ72shXFLMzxUgAS0PBLYsfin3iD3XtiYMQVqbaRfnHCcxEJHFGczjnSePx0fY5OghJTb0w6TYKoHv58dofObQ8Q4PWaWaVbmAkQ0vAKPTueLDwV2QXQ/w400-h400/autumn-october%253Dquote-TTmag.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></div><b style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>October quote from Tea Time magazine</i></b></div></b><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>from Anne Of Green Gables</i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>As usual, my old Victoria, Tea Time and Country Home magazines and Country Diary Of An Edwardian Lady has been a companion at teatime respites...</i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>as the last weeks have been difficult with the smoke, and adjustments in medication for my husband's degenerating Parkinson's Disease. A moving target, at best.</i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>We also had to say farewell... from a masked safe distance, to our daughter and son in law, who were returning to Utah for the winter, to return in early March. They have done extensive work this summer on the property they bought last year in preparation of building a house. Roads are in, septic system installed and electrical hook ups are complete, as well as fencing and gates.</i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>Next year it's well and build.</i></b></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioGbqJqwQm1VEoC4_QxO2YTxGY73ANjQJJ0cDxIJE36nINfh1_-BN9QqUnOPMOTxER-KQmDU1J53XfLLzDv8TjPc3v-fidcB9eZINsCxAs4i84vB0Xxc-ZJZfZ9A0myMAq8Ch1mnLgncFn/s400/fall+mags+%25282%2529.jpg" width="400" /></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>We had a fall themed tea in the sunroom...</i></b></div></i></b></span><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIQs9htpyeqtdKHcJ4G8XrKq3B69GPv7fcyh3aZG82z5-iGhH8kEPbwiekEQkBZv2h6vJsYeWN0mso0MkwHYuTyyqhrJSY2PDYG1PJArKC0hp19Yy7O_nMcNqcbSUfEEpEDMT24RGYVY4X/s400/CDEL-cover.jpg" width="326" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQGgXUdVezSYmkmwq-r3tfaJHv-rvm7DHrMKaf0x9LYDj-Ma1ItYQx8S18SvPVJ3Q5UxUaTnhAndWH8bg8qRSvAx8UvUqaDNiBc2uCZbb6B1YYyroDoQ2BfjgaNTBHfTR4mjol8uZjLDGJ/w400-h251/CDEL-October-birds.JPG" width="400" /></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>It's an autumn themed tea time today....</i></b></div></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-C-avZDiX6xRkIObByer6BkEm0cNI5x7wEJDQw1FaYrIR_BDxI4tAfwd2OW61UZ1e8Ci9vWP_MQRyTaM9wO65qX-aRDG4VAlmMpJuSK8qLPaKb2Bj8dzkcaENBjpRgD5j-pW48_0HgA4h/s400/fall-tea-tray-a.JPG" width="400" /></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>I am using my family 1950s Arzberg, Germany unnamed pattern china that my parents brought home from a convention/international meeting in Munich...</i></b></div></i></b></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/retro-teacup-trio-nuts-arzberg-bavaria-1950s-mid-century-modern?_pos=2&_sid=4d5576d6c&_ss=r"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMPZRv3fyTRk8J9DEeIOat-kVk_7-MNA9C5XKP9OgXNdroym8OlfCPXiWZ8TrMCTErbUE7hxX-yDKk2TTWA6jeEbrjkzKAM5SJIejRgSxercfUsH8MBR1XO659pDGCWG4GM7l4XdXuX6X6/s400/fall-tea-tray-b.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>I do love the fruit and nuts....recently I found some pieces of the same pattern which I don't need, so will be adding the to my shop <a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/">Antiques And Teacups</a> as soon as I can...</i></b></div></i></b></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/retro-cream-and-sugar-trio-nuts-arzberg-bavaria-1960s-mid-century-modern?_pos=3&_sid=4d5576d6c&_ss=r"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2zb1z2V92OG29rbuP-EVmyo2f8-X9ITWYKMrD9BG4AiuubirieIJ3HCOxdJ0sLB-1jPWNXSg2VaG8DnSM2hJ4R9PL2E_33p6OUKQeqOnn7mmATyfOTnSqUd03pCvAIfwYJr1jTr4uOnKH/s400/fall-tea-tray-d.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/retro-cream-and-sugar-trio-nuts-arzberg-bavaria-1960s-mid-century-modern?_pos=3&_sid=4d5576d6c&_ss=r"><img border="0" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYbxi75aqCLXciF1Uuz49th48jQftlZaWz5ZDHO3f7XElHm_uAK27T4Bu4aCPjESbXXN_5jm9B86nUpzTRf_Yi8QVF3fK3uELjIZSHWlUg0bzmxKaGdSWaxJeXZ-WFF1kM-ZUQ330pSWEi/s320/fall-tea-tray-ba.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVrXuRYuy0FrNH2dM9JuAhlUXyHV99Y0LhtmAz_xSqY3i5f4j83nohcp6sNrd083FIafZVYUupVhaS-NQv2bJ2r8xoxxI6jiMRHF0EkKexRnvQFDdWeM-wCZwr35oktCWEAbcpefZPr443/s400/CDEL-Sept-b.JPG" width="323" /></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Joining me on the tea tray is a cut little pewter squirrel candle holder my daughter gave me one year...I just love him...a good companion...</i></b></div></i></b></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDgwWne-6-trOn6pwXf3aps0on3PxycFdtXkBih6sG2yPhq-b53q_WSOHPNnkP_BrJ8xRmuOWZxcnQMmoibqRFqxt-p_dWUC-PmqDtGKgHomu4mVAwDYo0alfWQ3Q7TrBlFuPJmtP7fWnp/s400/fall-tea-tray-e.JPG" width="400" /></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Was not able to bake, so got some nice autumn cookies delivered with our QFC grocery order...</i></b></div></i></b></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC8eyVqm5lMhnA_WzqXBvVzZZylsVWkP0bIQUQN_mKo30URTEPwdDcg4BE-MIKUyyN7Zb7ZMfsZMuoL9E_Ozue0_8umQ6H3JuwfhlHAT0MNTe9E_OCiTAGLWyzx2hHIq-dt03C_Qjs4wmU/s400/fall-tea-tray-c.JPG" width="400" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAQSYzZHr2cMCV9qM_zOY1HvOtRgUvIRtNvE43MdqDxIV7kqX_0BV7b6F74YzNJzYrCqLka7TPZdjT2DEIRFXV8Wksutm4OeBqRBBoCvDIWganFfpNJHY_xtGy05lWr-vJ4l6Wa9x-2F0u/s400/CDEL-Sept-c.JPG" width="400" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>We drink green tea every day, and recently decided to try 2 new Harney & Sons flavors...today's was Blueberry Green tea sachets...</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>but I found it a bit strong on the blueberry and will be going back to our usual loose Tropical Green from Harney.</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="347" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7P1d8AkelmJb0BM7kRBzNmLfeQxDk9vBQm_UTX51Ua-vYCOEP0NUi0gt2KWotTUXfzuRyafq3wyrb72DxYArdk0J2iF5At9n630zjl4-oJr6-EXcJH0-hTQzA4wmS1aKIz4VoxSSeSna0/s400/fall-tea-tray-f.JPG" width="400" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>It was quite strong smelling...the mail box smelled like the tea even inside a tin in a box! Actually, I thought it smelled like an artificial grape smell, which I don't like, but despite the smell, it does taste like blueberries and vanilla and is quite nice...</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg24KyufBherqw6cxFJE_MJJ-vQIMmweVmh9K2kKd7dAzJCHWbaUGIMI1aBWSu51unCSKKLyenNGNBBLiu8H4QeyIVvLXNrEzJ4wAG2wmzUyDOrb6v7aChQUAjlVgi5Rw_kMAhit2ednQC4/s320/fall-tea-tray-g.JPG" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>and brews a delicate pale straw color as you can see in this photo...So grab a cookie and a cup, and it's so nice to have you for tea! We have remembered to rejoice in our blessings and live one day at a time, trusting in the grace of God! Can't get any better than that!</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcXa6IF4PTU1nefHCZCQTlSZgdyyXYY8AhvamtstbLI_2gIan0LPfwh6wD7f-r-96OV2T7ICTy7F5PHI5OSX6IcRWyoG5ASkDohu2mP8LbVSWY7PGM7uBqL1OZrpdvEHL4puM7iRfy4fGK/s400/CDEL-Sept-d.JPG" width="400" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>We are hoping for a more peaceful October, more normal... that is, if there is a normal these days!</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Lol!</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>I did a collage of orange themed items from Antiques And Teacups to start October with.</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Wishing you a lovely, colorful autumn week!</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://https://www.antiquesandteacups.com" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="1143" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0p2SuBCvjEXoUez7XlznRVfs6VQXnMDqLfd6AHeQC-GOdH2F3Msyju-pSVhFeOpC9qv9hyphenhyphenKm2DirY1p3meHodWty1s-KMnjZ_I6wdFYZsCdEuy7imOooEgE7TVFgD0MJdp_nxvLDZaN0/w400-h400/autumn-orange-collage-9-28-2020.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><p> © copyright 2012 – All rights reserved </p>
<a href=”antiquesandteacups.info“>Antiques And Teacups</a></div>Antiques And Teacupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00353180034537009493noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727638102193854145.post-38658544100990491702020-09-14T04:00:00.001-07:002020-09-14T04:00:06.107-07:00September Progresses With Smokey Skies<p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiipyHkg62qgE4VHLg_yH41Pq1Z7knrH9lBt0lQ9TgIb-wJ1Twz-tKRsakHXo6_VZ1DCq94UsWeGeyxdkRMS1yribp-_EEXut5ebE3dSJa3oQQEfBPFqOLg4MHm0Jts9pndcBbop8mPctg/s1600/autumn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="742" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiipyHkg62qgE4VHLg_yH41Pq1Z7knrH9lBt0lQ9TgIb-wJ1Twz-tKRsakHXo6_VZ1DCq94UsWeGeyxdkRMS1yribp-_EEXut5ebE3dSJa3oQQEfBPFqOLg4MHm0Jts9pndcBbop8mPctg/s400/autumn.jpg" width="308" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Autumn blessings to you...and welcome!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="895" data-original-width="1200" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOaromtJkDS_I2S71IqwPiUTdXtEq5xJKpd3OIrwhyphenhyphen0GAOxR_sxGnotBmYXhRydlg1BicwwT1z5GqnBvSgeY359ImE4mgQDoTDCJnOWA4AHtxMukJ6UH_BiUxxtK0mcBkxOuqIPRdqcME/w400-h299/1-smoke.jpg" width="400" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>The last few days have been difficult, with temperatures in the 80s... which is hot for us here in the Pacific Northwest... with the addition of lots of wildfire smoke from Washington and Oregon which will not clear out without a wind change and some rain. </i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>But...</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1227" data-original-width="1600" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKWlT1zLI7KZml9gwoGNxPsVhv7Ir0NeVzbQbF_sJV2vNtkwxpeu9LRODb3UWfbqMZZaGkfkQ1roARcKWT7uCeuRsO8-VyhlvTr0cBPkzvEvPJAqrcaXUgdHGuX_QTgL35HmSKCHkD304/s400/SummerGlory-tea-c.JPG" width="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>I am sharing an autumn tea time in the sunroom,</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>mixing last elements of summer and autumn things as the season definitely has changed here...we are in the 40s in the morning...</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1452" data-original-width="1600" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Ol1_qaJhkhYo_SHppgn4Dzw8-iuBS0_kSS_aJ-VEZStdzNMoZ2QTpysXlcT6K1pTRpOwKLCDAuVtneeGWVudompaMPVqOT7-p5BKJxUcfQpwjM-R5CLlees-0F9tv2gVk7PYGPuYOCk/s400/SummerGlory-tea-b.JPG" width="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>I needed something with a bit of color for a back ground, so added a polychrome transferware charger I have...</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/rural-england-polychrome-transferware-charger-1930s-midwinter-11-inch-plate"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLBvsi-jryt9hDy0AoES-4rLbcvNj21wRLekINYW-NWB8xMNXfbP3h3Wik_ce9XmOSl1qjtlK-DGt4JQuXh02JJ9mFgyZ8RCX4ZfOM7OnNenlfMDUscsJpq4pCNDY55Y9hKlGmHMT014Y/s400/SummerGlory-tea-d.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>The pattern is called Rural England. I love the mill and stream and the flower border...</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/rural-england-polychrome-transferware-charger-1930s-midwinter-11-inch-plate?_pos=1&_sid=30c45ed0a&_ss=r"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsHLtiHBfjKVZLl_M7qKsNaPxOpUWVphvVdHKHEihCS4hyfiGYJuTTJx3XXiPuVwykDcrmw4ejPuAKp6ny53IszC3bsdjOIYtjrgswvwsg7XpTofEZsLOREOJJsf0SA7JwBotVYdP0FQM/s400/SummerGlory-tea-e.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>The plate was made in the 1930s by Midwinter. Midwinter was acquired by Wedgwood in the early 1960s, and did some great mid century modern designs in their Stylecraft line...very groovy, and very different from this earlier design. If you have visited the blog often, you know Wedgwood has gone through several shuffles and is now owned by the Danish firm Fiskars...always interesting keeping up with the potteries...</i></b></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br style="text-align: left;" /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/rural-england-polychrome-transferware-charger-1930s-midwinter-11-inch-plate?_pos=1&_sid=30c45ed0a&_ss=r"><img border="0" data-original-height="1430" data-original-width="1600" height="357" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQp1xwJAWJXdTWexiSCzHRe7ljHVgidUNinhj5lMaUJSaSsbgF3-n_WBgdmnL1Glq9qtN5lPPRraOfRDa3v8d4PBebxfnTFdHYGlMjn6Y1xAvdpt3O5K_d21W97nqaW_Xf7DiNf212Qb4/s400/SummerGlory-tea-f.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>This teacup is where my end of summer comes in...the Hydrangea patterned Summer Glory Chintz by Shelley...you knew I get a Shelley in here somewhere...</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/shelley-summer-glory-chintz-ripon-cup-and-saucer-ivory-hydrangeas?_pos=2&_sid=31108ab7e&_ss=r"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDjHT2IPy92A9jubKEpvfubVPgVnlhIPeNr2FCy07yl_KZLVo-TH3WGT87_-q-qsExriHj13OzAX7x0fr38AeGeepKxZ1EAbqDrL80YkMeI5nly7BF99gmDxyPT76DwjuzNBqwjtZIuAs/s400/SummerGlory-tea-g.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br style="text-align: left;" /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/shelley-summer-glory-chintz-ripon-cup-and-saucer-ivory-hydrangeas?_pos=2&_sid=31108ab7e&_ss=r"><img border="0" data-original-height="1165" data-original-width="1600" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinkHmrvV8HkvxadOxeVpxUlDAw6d5mxy-hFz_nuBqIvywBeQ7cle0YqPx9LhYo3AltS9usEu6-hcPoc5MKKTp0_xOgi97oV1hgchz0aGRq1EeTNDt5w-H-7fu3pLzJS_57YHCC9KrEzZ0/s400/SummerGlory-tea-h.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>This Summer Glory teacup is from the 1950s, and is the ivory colorway...which I have never thought a good name for the color, but...</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>the interior is pale yellow. I would call it a pale peach or apricot, but that's just my opinion. The pattern number is 13648, and it is in the Ripon shape. </i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/shelley-summer-glory-chintz-ripon-cup-and-saucer-ivory-hydrangeas?_pos=2&_sid=31108ab7e&_ss=r"><img border="0" data-original-height="1441" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_jm35QkcPF6DhCYhyphenhyphenvKe7joP9MwZgm1L4b8KSwRg9XasegJvK4srtgl6Sjf2P8B6Qz2gWGo-fW848GH6dgtqGgTN65bt9kx5ebpB2toNIumBzkeVzeo4OVaMyzqZ_TWoI3TY3hvdFDnA/s400/SummerGlory-tea-j.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>And we need at teapot, so here is a 1950s Sadler pale yellow and gold large teapot....</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/sadler-teapot-gold-and-yellow-1950s-floral-large-vintage-tea-pot-4-6-cups"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwxqyCXrSyGUWnNailFI1ONSR6rBCYlnJ2-YztfmuB2e76ZSa301FpGabTnOcakBhklLdbvlJc68DZCiWutZ9Y2Lk6FqiD3-aBgGgD6x-2WWXuqwOSwAn0tWSDLwjJdoJjz5ZNYb_6S5s/s400/SummerGlory-tea-k.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>This one has rather fancy gold flowers with heavy gold outlining. Cool! 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The set is by Tuscan made by Plant. Later marks from the late 1960s-1970s use the name Plant Tuscan. The company has had it's share of changes, as all English potteries have. It was amalgamated into Wedgwood in 1972, and then permanently closed in 2006. I think Fiscars has all the patterns, etc, but whether the name will ever be resurrected is doubtful.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antiquesandteacups.com/products/windswept-leaves-teacup-trio-1950s-tuscan-bone-china-pink-grey-green?_pos=1&_sid=1d04c282d&_ss=r"><img border="0" data-original-height="1341" data-original-width="1600" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXQ430FVTujFtwg8HinYomMG5fyHWFW5L0-Jda5NjMSPByC_rwJGJwc_qAu-NnO1F4TZn6MYyVEZflvsDjHXZvzufDVH2m1i4bowGPW52GXPFWFlKMdaD3tf5u00LYG1sHKmeg6RrSlp0/s400/SummerGlory-tea-q.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>For a trea for tea, I have some Maple leaf shaped chocolate cream biscuits. During the couple of weeks prior to becoming ill with the smoke, we had friends send us these biscuits from Richmond, BC...a favorite... knowing we coud not get together cross border in Victori, BC as we have in past years. </i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>So sweet!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNZj_pSN3azYirT94QPhpJeRfbMMXm4OTkZeFLjlEbYhXVmBwdKa5ePsQA91T0v9qmKx77TItfsXT5zm3kqOAbOi3sH46Ymp8ST2mM55PCz-BZltgXkHSWjyK5cPR4VOysKM-mk_xYhiY/s1600/SummerGlory-tea-r.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1390" data-original-width="1600" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNZj_pSN3azYirT94QPhpJeRfbMMXm4OTkZeFLjlEbYhXVmBwdKa5ePsQA91T0v9qmKx77TItfsXT5zm3kqOAbOi3sH46Ymp8ST2mM55PCz-BZltgXkHSWjyK5cPR4VOysKM-mk_xYhiY/s400/SummerGlory-tea-r.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>They are delicious! </i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb8H9FHpFo4O6jAb8A0vTQzwiDOYG7Jy14P5ORbTH8N5YTY2VVZTNXua9aeyRaGQgBIqOi3Wu7pIk4TBS95BZxBW0FEZLjrySzm2sSo2uC6eLv8oXlxU-hEDUY5rATztzVh5MNNZhyphenhyphenH94/s1600/SummerGlory-tea-s.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb8H9FHpFo4O6jAb8A0vTQzwiDOYG7Jy14P5ORbTH8N5YTY2VVZTNXua9aeyRaGQgBIqOi3Wu7pIk4TBS95BZxBW0FEZLjrySzm2sSo2uC6eLv8oXlxU-hEDUY5rATztzVh5MNNZhyphenhyphenH94/s400/SummerGlory-tea-s.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Also in Victoria, BC a few years ago I found this little cookbook by a Victoria author called Sarah's Tea Time by Sarah Amos. Sarah is a Brit now living in Victoria. Besides lots of recipes it includes her lovely tea time drawings. Charming!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF2Oa6A4sEvqsLkt4wmU0N22ys2uZUc1ehHsjcRA13KKOptogHA5jGdrlG4VHOybg-Cycg18jylNxPcgkI4XsA9K8-r7t2aRh4QH9WWtQtn73Oh9MPDn4UIpBq08ucigRJZftAS949h70/s1600/SummerGlory-tea-t.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1600" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF2Oa6A4sEvqsLkt4wmU0N22ys2uZUc1ehHsjcRA13KKOptogHA5jGdrlG4VHOybg-Cycg18jylNxPcgkI4XsA9K8-r7t2aRh4QH9WWtQtn73Oh9MPDn4UIpBq08ucigRJZftAS949h70/s400/SummerGlory-tea-t.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><b><i>I am hoping the smoke will soon disperse... we are at unhealthy air... 93 out of 100 and are really hibernating with air purifiers on in the living room and bedroom, and medications on a strict schedule and basically hibernating.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><b><i>My heart breaks for friends in California and Oregon who have been forced to evacuate. </i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><b><i>Please stay healthy and stay safe!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcFwpHVy2tsMN1Cuq4U7rPjilydrMnstdDrHLUHsOr78XNQMaHv1lHUo8CpKuYbuQKVGsgXSfIcMqxDNdfy8dAw9KFy-ss2Y7jvJFN_wrRURTlT9lFMtKpFO1CaVh2pYWIWB22RkR0tF8/s271/stay+in+drink+tea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="271" data-original-width="180" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcFwpHVy2tsMN1Cuq4U7rPjilydrMnstdDrHLUHsOr78XNQMaHv1lHUo8CpKuYbuQKVGsgXSfIcMqxDNdfy8dAw9KFy-ss2Y7jvJFN_wrRURTlT9lFMtKpFO1CaVh2pYWIWB22RkR0tF8/w281-h424/stay+in+drink+tea.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><p> © copyright 2012 – All rights reserved </p>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>To close out August, I am sharing a perennial favorite today...various versions of the Willow pattern. </i></b></span><b style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>Willow has always been popular and therefore was frequently made by various potters. Because of it's long life as a pattern and relative abundance of pieces, it is often overlooked as an important part of pottery design.</i></b></div>
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<b style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>Blue Willow comes from a Chinese legend of 2 lovers, forbidden to marry who elope and are chased by the emperor. At the end, the boy is killed defending his fiance and the girl commits suicide. Sigh...not too cheerful. </i></b></div>
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<b style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>The elements that usually turn up are: of course, the Willow tree, the bridge the lovers crossed to elude pursuers...often with the lovers or with 3 people being variously the lovers and a helper or the lovers and the emperor...</i></b></div>
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<b style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>a house they took refuge in and, of course, always includes 2 birds, doves flying together representing the 2 lovers which has become a symbol of undying love.</i></b><br />
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<b style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>It is fun to compare the elements of the design, and the various names as well.</i></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Willow or Blue Willow has been in constant production by at least one poyyrty al though the years since it's inception, and has been made by hundresd over the years...</i></b></span><br />
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<b style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>This is a Royal Grafton, England version from the 1940s in bone china.</i></b></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Wedgwood made this Yellow Willow pattern in the 1920s as well...</i></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>And Masons, England made this Green Willow version in the 1920-1930s...</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>And I baked a dried cherry chocolate chip cake this week... sort of an amalgamation of 3 different recipe I had around, and it turned out really nicely. We always enjoy a bit of cake at teatime!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>And this page is my focus this week, because it features Poppies, and they are the chosen flower of the August Flower Of The Month series teacup from Royal Albert, England...</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>or even blue poppues... although this plate by Shelley from 1900 in a pattern called Sprays Of Poppies is almost turquoise blue...</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>I hope you have enjoyed a lovely week and that the poppies bring a bit of cheer to your eyes.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>And we ordered our favorite British tea treats stash!</i></b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Jaffa Cakes... the orange and chocolate biscuits ...</i></b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>HobNobs... our favourite EVER British biscuit... dark chocolate on an oat wholemeal biscuit</i></b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>and Battenburg Cakes... layered and chessboard assembled cakes covered in a marzipan layer.</i></b></span><br />
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<b style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>These are... in the package... Lemon Limon, and the one on the plate is Champagne French Vanilla.</i></b><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>We also had my husband's favorite Coconut Cream Supreme, Almond Poppy Seed Cream, and 2 chocolates... one a chocolate mint and one for my Honey a chocolate coconut hazlenut cream.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>The china is the Green Georgian pattern teacup trio by Allertons, England from the 1930s. It came in other colors too, but we only have green at the moment.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>I was looking though old Victoria magazines at tea time, and saw this one with Wedgwood jasperware teacups on the front, and had just gotten one, so decided to photograph it that way...</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>The pretty blue and white jasperware teacup was made in 1959 and features the Sacrifice Figures on the cup and the playing cherubs on the saucer. So charming!</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Blue is my favorite color, and probably blueberries are my favorite fruit....and we grow them large here on our organic farms...the harvest is about over, but we picked some recently, and I froze quite a few...</i></b></span></div>
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<b style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>The pattern is called Pink Rose or Pink Rose Spray, and is pattern number 13247. It was made with several different color stripes or bands, but of course I love the blue! </i></b></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><b><i>The teacup and saucer is in the Henley shape, and was made from 1940 to 1966 when the pottery closed. I do love Shelley! I thought I would also add my Shelley Rock Garden Chintz cream and sugar to the tray...</i></b></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><b><i>This is the individual size of the cream and sugar...it also comes in a bigger size. Love the pattern, but then I love all Shelley chintzes!</i></b></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><b><i>this is my husband's choice...peach preserves, which he always requests with the blueberry tea bread...</i></b></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><b><i>which is on my very 1970's wedding everyday dishes Noritake Progression Blue Moon....</i></b></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>1/4 tsp nutmeg</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>1/4 tsp salt</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>1/2 cup soft butter</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">1 cup milk...</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">always almond milk here</span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>1 cup </i></b></span><b style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>fresh </i></b><b style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>blueberries or thawed frozen blueberries well drained</i></b><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I always add 1/4 chopped pecans because my husband loves nuts</span></i></b></div>
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<b style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><br /></i></b><b style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>2. Sift flour with baking powder, nutmeg and salt. Set aside.</i></b><br />
<b style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><br /></i></b><b style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>3.In large bowl, with electric mixer at high, beat butter with granulated sugar and eggs until light and fluffy...about 2 minutes.</i></b><br />
<b style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><br /></i></b><b style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>4. At low speed, beat in flour mixtrue divided into 4ths, alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour. Beat just until smooth.</i></b><br />
<b style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><br /></i></b><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><span style="color: #38761d;">5. With rubber scraper, gently fold in the blueberries </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">and nuts if used </span><span style="color: #38761d;"> just until combined.</span></i></b><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>Our middle grandson who is 30 has just recovered from the virus, which was quite serious with sweats, weakness and fevers. He lost 30 pounds... which he couldn't afford, really. He has gone to Virginia where our son has a small farm to recuperate with lots of fresh vegetable, family love, pets, and has already felt good enough to go fishing with his dad and a closeby lake where they keep their boat, so we are so relieved!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>Photo was sent to my phone to show he was ok. He is 6 foot 7 inches, so not much extra fat to lose! And wearing the Crocs his grandpa introduced him to when he visited here 2 years ago... :)</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>I am adding lots of things to Antiques And Teacups, and finally getting to some things I have been meaning to list for years... like antique Victorian or Edwardian high button shoe, glove or gaiter buttons from England...</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>I am so glad I can continue to enjoy what I do as I plan grocery delivery lists not knowing what I will actually get and other things.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>I was in the Soviet Union for several months in 1967 and have never forgotten the oppression, the fear, the want, the quick reprisals against those that dared to disagree with someone's ideologies, and the deep divide among the haves and have nots that the government denied existed under communism but was CLEARLY visible, a constant "elephant on the room"...</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>No one is perfect.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>True tolerance is the ability to not reject others because they don't agree 100% with us, and that is what this country stands for when compared with most of the world.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>We keep saying... "when things get back to normal..." but we wonder when and what that will be!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>That was cancelled by the virus. So they started on their way last week in their trailer with their dog and 3 cats...</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>only to have been forced to stop just over the Oregon border, one state away from us, because our son in law was in great pain.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>After various tests at a local hospital to where they booked in with their RV</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i> it was found that he has a kidney stone, so things have not gone as expected for any of us. We have been on the phone with our daughter constantly as it is ongoing at the moment.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>Sigh... normal indeed. BUT... he is negative for COVID-19, which was routinely tested as soon as he entered the emergency room.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>Speaking of strawberries, I found another strawberry fork! I love them! this is by Rogers (Anchor) Silver Company, USA in the Newton or Raleigh pattern from 1900. So elegant!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><span style="color: #990000;">1/2 to 3/4 cup sweet corn kernals, drained canned or thawed frozen or cut from cooked, cooled...</span><span style="color: #38761d;">the English call it sweet corn because what they call corn is what we call wheat</span></i></b></span></div>
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<b style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Queen's Ware, is also called creamware. Josiah Wedgwood, who was besides a wonderfyl potter also a chemist and consumate innovator, discovered the formula in 1762 using local clay. It became called Queen's Ware when he supplied sets to both Queen Charlotte and Catherine the Great.</i></b></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>On May 24, 1819, Victoria was born to the Duke and Duchess of Kent at Kendington Palace, was 5th in line for the throne, and not expected to succeed so many others.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Lastly, I have used a Royal Crown Derby spare saucer from the 1890s with a typically Victorian pattern, to hold my "scuffin" of cross between a muffin and a scone for a tea treat. A friend brought us a package from Costco when he ran an errand for kleenex that we had run out of with our colds! Delicious> Cranberry Orange. Hope they have them when we should be able to get back there next week, Lord willing!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>A chart of the perfect cuppa from the Royal British Standards Institute...</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>And Lyons reminds us there are so many ways to drink it... black tea above...</i></b></span></div>
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