The Finial from my Great Grandmother's Teapot
The theme for “Smile on Saturday” is “nuts and bolts”, which I despaired of when I read it, as I am not the handiest person in the entire world.
Then I remembered that one of my Great Grandmother's silver tea services that I have inherited has a removable finial, affixed with a wingnut and a bolt! Thus my submission for "Smile on Saturday".
Why was the teapot finial affixed with a wingnut and bolt, I hear you ask? Unfortunately my Great Grandmother's maids and cook are no longer alive to ask, but I imagine it was to stop an ugly build up of silver paste around the base of the final on the top of the teapot: something both my Great Grandmother and Grandmother disliked intensely! I don't have a maid to clean my silver, and I do it myself and that's the reason I am grateful it unscrews. It's much easier to clean and leaves the top of the teapot perfectly clean!
The Finial from my Great Grandmother's Teapot
The theme for “Smile on Saturday” is “nuts and bolts”, which I despaired of when I read it, as I am not the handiest person in the entire world.
Then I remembered that one of my Great Grandmother's silver tea services that I have inherited has a removable finial, affixed with a wingnut and a bolt! Thus my submission for "Smile on Saturday".
Why was the teapot finial affixed with a wingnut and bolt, I hear you ask? Unfortunately my Great Grandmother's maids and cook are no longer alive to ask, but I imagine it was to stop an ugly build up of silver paste around the base of the final on the top of the teapot: something both my Great Grandmother and Grandmother disliked intensely! I don't have a maid to clean my silver, and I do it myself and that's the reason I am grateful it unscrews. It's much easier to clean and leaves the top of the teapot perfectly clean!