I'm a Little Teapot

Short and stout

here is my handle....

and here is my spout....

and the rest of me.....

I got this teapot 

awhile back at 

Christmas Tree Shop

for $2

Teapot and things

Tea Cup Tues

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These a a little bigger

than the teacups here

But still not really 

enough to wet your whistle

This one is marked

Has very pretty roses on it

This one has no markings and is

rather odd in shape

and I'm not sure the base goes

with the cup

but it came into the thrift shop this way

the cup is light blue

the bas light green

Tea Cup and tea things

Teacups

I don't know what this pattern is

I bought the cup recently

for $3

If anyone knows

please let me know

This is Bordallo Pinheiro

Vine Pattern

I recently purchased for $3.50

The Portugese cartoonist, Rafael Bordallo Pinheiro

began creating unique ceramic tiles & pottery at 38 years of age.

He became renowned for some of his creations

and quickly became known as a Master in the pottery

world. Relatively unknown in America, Bordallo Pinheiro

pottery is very popular in Portugal and abroad. The production

facility still exists in Portugal where is started 120 years ago.

Many of Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro's works are housed

in a museum in the interior of the factory

where pottery is still produced today.

Faianças Artísticas Bordalo Pinheiro, Ltd,

continues to produce beautiful pottery and dishware

following the design and standards set

forth by Rafael Bordallo Pinheiro over a century ago.

Many of the designs feature animals, fish and

other motifs found in nature. The combination of rich colors

and natural subjects makes the Bordallo Pinheiro

line of pottery highly collectible and still useful in today's kitchen.

Pope Gosser 

Clementine 

I recently purchased this tea cup

for $3

The Pope-Gosser company was organized in Coshocton, Ohio in 1902 by Charles F.  Gosser  and Bentley Pope.  In the beginning Pope Gosser experimented with high quality decorative pieces.  Later on the concentration  was on dinnerware.  The company closed in 1958.

Pope was a skillful decorator

 who was born in England. 

He came to America in 1870                                                                    

  and worked at Trenton until 1891, 

when he moved to Ohio.  

At that time he become manager                                                         

 of KTK until 1903, when he left to

 form the Pope-Gosser 

China Company with Gosser The wares 

were "excellently potted"

 and the shapes were a departure                                                                                              

  from existing models. The company begin to immediately

 produce high grade translucent                                                             

  china for vases, etc.  Not finding the profit in this line,

 the company switched                                                                                          

 to dinnerware which was harder than the

 usual dinnerware of the times.

Pope-Gosser joined the ill-fated 

American China Company in 1929.                                                                                                 

After the demise of that company, Pope-Gosser

 was re-organized                                                                                                           

   in 1932 by Frank Judge.  

The company continued to make                                                                                                                      semi porcelain wares until 1958, 

although the quality of these                                                                                                     

          wares was not up to the 

standards of the old company.

Turn of The Century Dinnerware by Joanne Jasper).

Teatime Tues

Tea Cup Tues

Glass Teacups

I admired Martha's jewelry

with tea cups so I decided to try

matching up some of my creations

Martha does a much better job

these teacups

came in the thrift store

when I manged it

for the theater

I thought this blue was so pretty

I've thought abt making candle holders out of them

but I'm still up in the air abt it

Teapot and Tea Things Tues

Teacup Tues

Something different

I thought I would do

 something different for tea time

I have many teacup pictures

so I decided that would be the theme

in my kitchen

Both of the are prints are

 by Barbara Mock

Rose Nosegay Teacup

I bought this teacup

last year at a 

lavender festival

Morning Glory Teacup

Cha is the

 Portuguese word

for tea

teacup Tues

Teapot and Tea Things

Tea and Vintage Clothing

This weekend was a busy one!

On Saturday our local historical society had

 a tea and vintage clothing show

The proceeding going to

 preserving this clothing items

The tables had different colored

 felt flower placemats

with tulle centers

each table had different teacups

and dessert holders

Some pastries were already on the table

Plate were served with desserts made by

some of the historical society members

60 ladies attended the event

Some of the dresses were on mannequins

Then for the showing of the donated clothing that dated

from the early to late 1800's

A man's waistcoat

A womans summer dress

A woman's caplet

that would've had a matching dress

Two children's garments

The material that was used in this one was called peppermint

This is a child's bodice

later 1800 outfit

The collar on this dress was worn in weddings

for 3 generations

it was laid over different dresses

I even won a door prize

A note pad in the shape of a purse

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Tea Time Tues

Martha's Tea Cup Tues

Terri's Tea Cup Tues

Tablescape Thurs