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Clare gifted me the bone china mug in the style of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's rose motif.
I feel Ray will not mind two pansies from his recently planted hanging basket participating here!
Saturday self-challenge:Sidelit
Smile on Saturday:Mugs & Co
I wish you a good weekend
The theme for "Looking Close on Friday" for July the 1st is "sunny yellow", and I immediately thought of my Playmobil collection which is full of yellow articles. However, it is funny when inspiration strikes. As I was ironing I was suddenly struck by the thought of photographing the three sunny yellow lemons I had been given by a friend recently accompanied by some of my blue and white china for contrast, in my kitchen. How ironic it is that the theme is “sunny yellow”, for the day I took this photo it was the winter solstice (it is winter at present where I live). Being the winter solstice I had to wait all afternoon until after four for the afternoon sun to fall on my still life and bathe them in soft sunny golden yellow light. I only had a few minutes to capture this shot before the light was gone. And this is it: sunny yellow lemons in golden yellow sunlight taken on the shortest day of the year with the least amount of sunlight! I hope you like my choice for the theme, and that it makes you smile.
Macro Mondays - ceramic
This is a bone china handle on top of a very cool teapot. We have some very cool teapots here.
I was originally going to shoot some ceramic magnets but they just not hold my excitement.
This guy is cute.
Happy Macro Mondays
Canon EOS 6D - f/9 - 1/5 sec - 100mm - ISO 200
- for challenge Flickr group 'Macro Mondays', theme: 'High Key'
- height of the cat: 6 cm
There's not a lot happening in my garden flower-wise at this time, but all of a sudden the Muscari have made their appearance.
At the same time I've been sorting out my large collection of petite cups and saucers and had forgotten I had this one, which I thought suited the subject nicely.
The sun was streaming through the window all day long yesterday - in fact, I shouldn't moan, but it ends up giving me aura migraines !
Day 317/365:
Definitely Dreaming - Broken. I'm behind with themes and this is out of sequence too.
I have had a set of six of these mugs for years and am very careful with them but when I poured tea into this one it cracked with a loud bang and tea started to pour out. Unfortunately they don't make these mugs in this shape anymore so I can't replace it. I did have to break it up a bit more for the photo. You may remember 'Thing' from previous photos. Monique www.flickr.com/photos/rockinmonique/ made him for me a few years ago. I thought it was time this cheeky little alien made another appearance.
A friend of mine’s aunt said that “drinking tea from a thick pottery mug was as good as a slap in the face”. Whilst I don’t necessarily feel quite so strongly about drinking tea from an alternative, I do believe that there is nothing nicer than drinking tea from a fine porcelain cup. I think it is elegant, and keeps alive the fine tradition of taking elevenses or afternoon tea in a gracious fashion. In a world of utility, there is a certain charm in taking tea from a beautifully designed cup, painted with elegant flowers and gilt.
The theme for "Smile on Saturday" on the 13th of May is "mugs & co.", and I have opted for the "&co." by photographing a selection of some of my English china trios. I thought a selection of fine English bone china tea cups, decorated with beautiful flowers, would suit the theme. These cups are dedicated to the memory of Bella abella7460236 who was my beautiful and kind Flickr friend, with whom I first bonded over these very teacups. I hope you like my choice for the theme, and that it makes you smile!
Top row, left to right:
“Harvest Bouquet” made by Royal Albert, “Royal Vale” made by Colclough, “Minuet” made by Roslyn China, “Tulips” made by Royal Doulton and “Foley Tulips” made by Foley China
Second row, left to right:
Unnamed pattern made by Royal Stafford, “Flora” made by Royal Doulton, “Trixy” made by Royal Doulton, “Hydrangea” made by Paragon China and “Sweet Romance” made by Roslyn China.
Third row, left to right:
Unnamed pattern made by Vale Bone China, “Gillian” made by Royal Doulton, unnamed pattern made by Colclough, “Moss Rose” made by Royal Doulton and “Ivy Lea” made by Royal Doulton.
Bottom row, left to right:
Unnamed pattern made by Tuscan China, unnamed pattern made by Royal Albert, “Lavender Rose” made by Royal Albert, “April Showers” (blue variation) made by Royal Albert and unnamed pattern made by Colclough.
It’s funny how the world works sometimes. My partner has been friends with a chap for many years who is a confirmed old bachelor from a good family: but with no children, he is the last of this distinguished family line. With only a distant cousin and even more distant godson for family, my partner’s friend asked my partner to be the executer of his will. When he visited us to ask this of my partner, our friend and I chatted as we usually do about antiques and art, in particular Art Deco, which is a shared love of ours. I showed him some rather lovely Shelley Art Deco trios I had acquired recently. He then said that this was the perfect segway to something he wanted to ask me. He wanted to know whether I would be interested in having his parents’ Shelley Art Deco tea set (a wedding gift when they married in 1933) as part of the terms of his will. He wanted it to go to a person who would love it and cherish it. I was so flattered to be asked. Thus, when my partner and I visited him a week later at his house, our friend had washed and put out the set for me to look over to confirm whether I wanted it. It was a gorgeous Deco design of hand painted stripes in white, grey and that wonderful bright green we associate with the Art Deco era. Consisting of six cups, saucers and cake plates, a milk jug, sugar bowl and larger cake plate, the set was in perfect condition, gleaming and bright as the day it was gifted originally. I said I would love it! Then he told me that I may a well enjoy my inheritance now, and he gave me the set to bring home that very evening!
This is a teacup and saucer from that set. The pieces are made of the finest and most delicate bone china: so fine you can clearly see the shadow of your hand behind it when you hold it to the light. Shelley were famous for the delicacy of their porcelain, and it is why pieces are so prized by collectors, because they are so easily broken, even if one is gentle with them. The distinctive shape of the cup with its circular handle is registered as shape number 781613 which is classified as a Regency shape which applied to cups, coffee pots and milk jugs and was registered in 1933 – the year our friend’s parents were married. Each piece from the set has a hand painted “W 1233” on the bottom in red paint, which identifies the pattern number and possibly the pattern designer, but to date I can find nothing about it, and I have never seen a pattern quite like this. Thus, the set is keeping some of its origins a secret. Maybe one day I will find out more. Each piece has been entirely hand painted, which is most unusual even for a brand like Shelley, and even though it is nearing its centenary year, this cup and saucer look contemporary enough to slip into a fashionable modern interior of today.
The theme for "Looking Close on Friday" for the 19th of July is "cup & saucer", and whilst I have many lovely cups and saucers in my collections of china, I felt that these rater special pieces deserved a showing for this week’s theme. I hope you like my choice for the theme this week, and that it makes you smile.
This bone china set was given to me by my mother that used to belong to her mother. It was made in Hungary in Hollohaza. Hollóháza porcelain is produced by the Porcelain Manufactory of Hollóháza, Hungary. The manufactory was founded in 1777, originally as glassworks. It is one of the oldest remaining, now state-owned porcelain manufactury in Hungary.
Texture by 2 Li’l Owls/Light Up Collection/Robins Egg.
Shot with my Lensbaby 56 manual lens.
“People who keep stiff upper lips find that it’s damn hard to smile.” - Judith Guest (American novelist and screenwriter.)
The theme for “Smile on Saturday” for the 4th of October is “lips”. In this case, I have opted to photograph the father stylised cupid’s bow lips of one of my German half-dolls made by Dressel and Kister, who were famous for making high quality dolls. Her 1920s cupid’s bow lips are (or rather were) modish for the times she was made in the 1920s, yet they are at odds with the rest of her garb, which is very romanticised English late Seventeenth Century Nell Gwynne style, where she wears a floppy lilac coloured hat decorated with feathers and a blue blouse with lace at the collar and cuffs, rater reminiscent of some of the pre-war advertisements for Yardley’s English Lavender Soap. In spite of this contradiction, she is by far one of my finest painted half-dolls and was a recent acquisition from a small antiques and curios shop. She came home along with three other German half-dolls (as if I need any more) which I have added to my ever expanding collection. I am a hopelessly voracious collector of objects! I hope you like my choice for this week’s theme, and that it makes you smile!
The "half-doll" is a dainty porcelain or bisque figurine, fashionable in the early Twentieth Century with an upper body, head, arms, but no legs. These dolls were produced in the thousands at the height of their popularity by German factories such as Dressel and Kister, Heubach, Goebel and Kestner. Later they were produced in France, America and later still, in Japan. They commonly served as handles and toppers for fabric covers made for powder boxes on ladies’ dressing tables and small brushes, however they were also made for jewellery boxes, pincushions, tea cosies and other covers. In this case, my German half-doll with her stylised and romanticised Seventeenth Century style dress and picture hat, would have been made for a lady’s boudoir, probably as a powder bowl cover or even for a powder puff.
A friend of mine’s aunt said that “drinking tea from a thick pottery mug was as good as a slap in the face”. Whilst I don’t necessarily feel quite so strongly about drinking tea from an alternative, I do believe that there is nothing nicer than drinking tea from a fine porcelain cup. I think it is elegant, and keeps alive the fine tradition of taking elevenses or afternoon tea in a gracious fashion. In a world of utility, there is a certain charm in taking tea from a beautifully designed cup, painted with elegant flowers and gilt.
The theme for "Smile on Saturday" for the 17th of August is "capture the C", where you must take a picture of something that begins with the letter C. After the announcement of the theme, I had several thoughts. I took some lovely photographs of some camellias recently, and some early cherry blossom. I also recently took a shot of a black cat (my favourite type). In the end I settled on photographing some cups from my collection of antique trios. However, in the spirit of alliteration I have not just chosen any cups. I have chosen pieces of Colclough China, and I then made my four images I took into a collage, so I have a collage of a collection of Colclough China cups! I hope you like my choice for this week’s theme, and that it makes you smile!
Colclough Bone China was founded in Staffordshire in 1890 by Herbert J. Colclough, the former mayor of Stoke-on-Trent. Herbert loved porcelain and loved the ordinary working man. One of his desires was to bring fine bone china, a preserve of the upper and middle classes, to the working man. He felt that it would give them aspirations and dignity to eat off fine bone china. Colclough Bone China received a Royal Warrant from King George V in 1913. Colclough went on to innovate the production of fine bone china for the mass market in the 1920s and 1930s. They produced the backstamp brands Royal Vale and Royal Stanley. Colclough Bone China merged with Booth’s Pottery and later acquired Ridgeway China. Eventually they amalgamated with Royal Doulton in the 1970s.
The theme for “Smile on Saturday” for the 26th of April is “presented on a plate”, where the presentation of a plate and its contents are the main theme of the image, and the rule is that it can be anything except food. The other day, a dear friend gave me the sweetest little slipper pincushion as a gift, because they know that I collect vintage haberdashery, and it was that shoe pincushion that gave me the thought of presenting some of my sewing bits and pieces on a plate. Thus the slipper pincushion is presented with a Dewhurst’s Sylko Red salmon reel of cotton which date from between 1938 and 1954 from my private collection, as well as a spool of vintage embroidered ribbon. The plate they are presented on is a Paragon “Wallflower” patterned tea plate with a single Royal Warrant, indicating it comes from somewhere between 1920 and 1936. I felt with its pink and gold colourings, it was perfect to present these pieces from my vintage haberdashery collection. I do hope you like my subject for this week’s theme, and that it makes you smile!
The Paragon China Company was a British manufacturer of bone china from 1919 to 1960, based in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, previously known as the Star China Company, and more recently part of the Royal Doulton group. Paragon was noted for producing high quality teaware and tableware, and was granted royal warrants of appointment by several members of the British Royal Family.
Belle Vue Mill, commonly known as Dewhurst’s, was built by Thomas Dewhurst in 1828. It opened in 1829 as John Dewhurst & Sons and was one of Skipton’s largest spinning and weaving mills. The mill’s position next to the Leeds Liverpool Canal meant that raw cotton could be shipped in by boats from Liverpool. Finished goods would then be sent back the same way ready for distribution. Coal to power the machine’s steam engines was also delivered by barge. In 1897 Dewhurst’s was bought by the English Sewing Cotton Co. It continued to produce Sylko, one of the mill’s most famous products. It was produced in over 500 colours and sold throughout the world. Sylko cottons are still available at haberdashers today.
Do I prefer coffee or tea? I like both: tea in the morning and coffee in the afternoon! Strong English tea, with milk, the coffee too, so you can hardly see the difference in my photo.
The cup with the fox is tea, the pheasant is coffee. The cups are Wrendale design, by Hannah Dale, for Royal Worcester.
My friend BKHagar *Kim* bought a “mystery tub” of china from an auction, all wrapped in old newspaper. She sent me a photo of the box as she had received it from the auction, and I pointed out that she had a Royal Albert teacup from the 1930s amongst them. You can see her beautiful 1932 Royal Albert "Petit-Point" teacup here: www.flickr.com/photos/bkhagar_gallery/54482268384/in/phot... or in the first comment below. She asked me how on earth could I know that just from seeing half a cup and a handle sticking out of some newspaper. My answer to her was that I had a teacup in a different pattern with the exact same cup shape and handle in my decorative china collection, and this is it.
This is a Royal Albert trio decorated with the pattern "April Showers" featuring a transfer that was then over-painted by hand. "April Showers" was produced from the 1920s through to the 1950s in a range of colours (I also have a blue variation), featuring a different style of teacup for each decade. This cup shape has the delightful name of "Hampton" and was used during the 1930s. The trio features a square cake plate, implying that this set was made in the early part of the 1930s.
Another friend of mine’s Aunt said that “drinking tea from a thick pottery mug was as good as receiving a slap in the face”. Whilst I don’t necessarily feel quite so strongly about drinking tea from an alternative, I do believe that there is nothing nicer than drinking tea from a fine porcelain cup. I think it is elegant, and keeps alive the fine tradition of taking elevenses or afternoon tea in a gracious fashion. In a world of utility, there is a certain charm in taking tea from a beautifully designed cup, painted with beautiful flowers.
In 1896, Thomas Clark Wild bought a pottery in Longton, Stoke on Trent, England, called Albert Works, which had been named the year before in honor of the birth of Prince Albert, who became King George VI in 1936. Using the brand name Albert Crown China, Thomas Wild and Co. produced commemorative bone-china pieces for Queen Victoria's 1897 Diamond Jubilee, and by 1904 had earned a Royal Warrant. From the beginning, Royal Albert's bone china dinnerware was popular, especially its original floral patterns made in rich shades of red, green, and blue. Known for incredibly fine, white, and pure bone china, Royal Albert was given to the sentimental and florid excesses of Victorian era England, making pattern after pattern inspired by English gardens and woodlands. With designs like Serena, Old English Roses, and Masquerade and motifs inspired by Japanese Imari, the company appealed to a wide range of tastes, from the simplest to the most aristocratic. In 1910, the company created its first overseas agency in New Zealand. Soon it had offices in Australia, Canada, and the United States. Willing to experiment with the latest in industrial technologies, the company was an early adopter of kilns fuelled by gas and electricity. Starting in 1927, Royal Albert china used a wide variety of more stylized backstamps, some with the crown, some without, and others stylized with script and Art Deco lettering. Some of these marks even had roses or other parts of the pattern in them. Patterns from the years between the wars include American Beauty, Maytime, Indian Tree, Dolly Varden, and Lady-Gay. The '40s saw patterns like Fragrance, Teddy's Playtime, Violets for Love, Princess Anne, Sunflower, White Dogwood, Mikado, Minuet, Cotswold, and the popular Lady Carlyle. Royal Albert incorporated as a limited company in 1933, and in the 1960s it was acquired by Pearson Group, joining that company's Allied English Potteries. By 1970, the porcelain maker was completely disassociated with its T.C. Wild & Sons origins and renamed Royal Albert Ltd. Pearson Group also acquired Royal Doulton in 1972, putting Royal Crown Derby, Royal Albert, Paragon, and the Lawleys chain under the Royal Doulton umbrella, which at this point included Minton, John Beswick, and Webb Corbett. In 1993, Royal Doulton Group was ejected from Pearson Group, for making less money than its other properties. In 2002, Royal Doulton moved the production of Royal Albert china from England to Indonesia. A few years later, Waterford Wedgwood absorbed Royal Doulton Group and all its holdings, which currently makes three brands, Royal Doulton, Minton, and Royal Albert, including the Old Country Roses pattern, which is Royal Albert’s most popular design.
Just because it was beautiful. I didn't think I needed any other reason. :)
The vintage china cup is Spode and it's sitting on a paper doily from the 1920s.
“A woman is like a tea bag – you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water” – Eleanor Roosevelt (former American First Lady, political figure, diplomat, and activist.)
The theme for "Looking Close… on Friday" for Friday 2nd of May is "tea bags". The very British tradition of elevenses is something I have grown up with my whole life, introduced to me by my Grandparents reading me the stories of Paddington taking elevenses with Mr. Gruber, and then making sure that we had elevenses, just like them! It is a tradition I still hold to now. Now, I much prefer real tea leaves in a pot, but even I have to confess that in today’s busy world of work meetings and schedules, there is a place for tea bags in our society, although nothing tastes better than tea brewed with real tea leaves in a pot! For those of you who are interested, the saucer the teabag stands on is Paragon printed with the “Stafford” design with a double Royal Warrant: one for Queen Elizabeth (George VI’s wife) and one for Queen Mary (George V’s widow) indicating it is from between 1936 and 1939. I hope you like my choice for this week’s theme, and that it makes you smile!
The Paragon China Company was a British manufacturer of bone china from 1919 to 1960, based in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, previously known as the Star China Company, and more recently part of the Royal Doulton group. Paragon was noted for producing high quality teaware and tableware, and was granted royal warrants of appointment by several members of the British Royal Family.
I created this tiny bow using the tines of a fork, so it seemed an appropriate thing to use for this week's theme. I came across a tutorial for the technique on YouTube and decided to give it a go. It's actually very easy. :)
For this week's Smile on Saturday group theme, On Forks.
... Mexican fleabane (or Erigeron) doesn't quite work, does it? It does look like a daisy, though. Amazingly, nearing the end of November, Erigeron is still flowering in my garden. :)
The cup is Royal Grafton English bone china from the 1930s.
For this week's Looking Close on Friday group theme, Mug Handle (the instructions said a cup handle would be acceptable too).
31/365: Some of you know me well enough to know that I love to get the most out of my props so I am using my lovely glass teapot with the rosebud tea again. Although this is it's first outing in the 365.
The original 'Nice cup of Rosy Lee' is in comments. I used it as part of a panel in a competition at my camera club...I'm pleased to say I won the competition.