Friend's Sharing Tea

Friend's Sharing Tea

Autumn officially

starts in Australia today...

1st March 2012

So I thought it appropriate to kick off with a cuppa in my

Royal Doulton

Brambly Hedge Autumn trio.

This setting originally had 101 pieces

or so

the old lady I bought it from told me.

The two silver teaspoons shown here belonged to my grandmother

A cup of coffee for one.

The coffee cups are a lot smaller than the tea cups.

Coffee Pot

Tea Pot & Coffee Pot

The largest milk jug of 5 in this setting

All 5 milk jugs in the set

All the milk jug covers were crocheted by my mother

Here is the entire set on my antique Queensland Hoop Pine Hutch

This is a broken Sadler Tea Pot.

She has a chip and no lid but I love her

and didn't want to leave her out of the party.

She looks good with dried lavender

This is a miniature teapot my husband bought for me 2 christmases ago

As well as this one

This poor old girl has seen better days but I can't throw her out

and

she is usually covered with the teacosy below

I just love this made in Japan teapot

however

she  does not make a good cup of tea

so

she usually is covered by one of my favourite teacosies below.

Another teapot that I used to love

but can no longer use

as it's cracked right through

Love the style and simplicity of this teapot

I love this little sewing teapot.

I purchased her at a cheapie shop for about $9, years ago.

This novelty giraffe tower was an engagement present in 1982

This little mouse butler is serving his tea in a formal manner.

This darling little teapot holds about 2 small cups of tea.

I also purchased this one at a cheapie shop for about $5

This teacosy cost me $27 at a recent Antique Closing Down Sale

Here she is covering the Brambly Hedge Teapot

I bought this coffee pot a couple of years ago.

It is brand new but made to look distressed.

The green with white spots milk jug was given to me by a friend and neighbour.

I absolutely love it and have seen it being sold in antique shops for around

$100

This cute little blue teapot was given to me

by

my Great great Aunty Elsie who was born in 1900.

When she gave it to me along with a garnet ring in 1991 just before she passed away

she told me the teapot was 60 years old

and

she had purchased it new in the little Queensland township of Kingaroy

in about 1930.

So now it's around 80 years old....doesn't look it does it?

The two silver teaspoons belonged to my paternal grandmother

This little teacosy is usually displayed over the above vintage teapot

I made it a few years ago

I also LOVE this vintage country kitchen teacosy

given to me by a friend who knows what I like

as

we have similar taste

I LOVE

this utility aluminium teapot.

It is about 12 cup capacity

with

a

bakelite handle

and

knob.

The thermometer shows how hot it was today...about 30c or 86F in the house.

The thermometer belonged to my grandparents.

Everytime I look at it I think of them

xxx

This ugly but now retro teapot

was given to DH and I

at

our Engagement Party

in 1982.

I didn't like it even then

but it does make a good cup of tea

and

I do like the shape of it

and

now that it's old enough to be retro/vintage

I have come to like appreciate it...

orange

 and

all!

This is a funny photo to me

I am a tidy 'nut'

and

this is the aftermath

of my

teapot photoshoot

 this afternoon.

When my DH walked in the door he was shocked to see such disarray...

I said 'I've had enough of this place and I'm packing up'....

He knew I was only joking of course.

He laughed when I told him I'd been doing a teapot photoshoot for the last 3 hours

........(crazy women)!............

I had fun anyhow, even if I am in really bad pain now because of it.

My back just won't quit hurting.

Oh well such is life.

I have put most of it away and have decided that I will use this disruption as an excuse to wash and press all the doileys and milk jug covers, it must be about 12 months since I did that...I usually just take them ouside and shake the dust out of them.

Here's one last photo to end with.

Don't want to leave you all too shocked after the mess of the previous 2 photos....LOL

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Three lovely ladies.

Today I would like to share with you, three different crinoline lady designs.

Recently I bought set of 6 plates in very good condition.

It was a bit of a random purchase apart from the fact that I just loved them on sight.

I have no cups and saucers to go with them but they were just so pretty I could not leave them in the shop.

Weatherby

Hanley England

Royal Falcon Ware

Durability stamped across the flag

Three of the plates are printed in gold

and

Three of the plates are stamped in red and blue

Seems strange to me.

What do you think?

This is a lovely tea cosy I bought a month or so ago.

She is sitting over a

Royal Doulton

Brambly Hedge teapot

This lovely little jam or sugar bowl is called

Lilac Time

Swinnerton's England

Hampton or Upton England

and then overstamped

with

Australia Design

Application No

10793

Made in England

Such a lot of markings for such a little piece. 

Back of bowl

Inside the bowl

Underneath showing all the markings

Pedestal bowl

stamped

Empire England

The entire setting sitting on

my

Dutch Oak Sideboard

Everything is crammed into this house

It's a bit like a furniture storage facility

Hopefully won't be here too much longer......

Here's the setting in pink hues...

Just playing with my new mobile phone.