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Wishing you all a Happy St. Patrick's day...with an antique postcard!
St. Patrick's Day was celebrated today by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Catherine, with the Irish Guards at Mons Barracks in Aldershot...
Which is an annual tradition with the Royal family....the Irish Guards being one of the 5 brigades of the Queen's Guards...
And in honour of St. Patrick's Day...I looked out some shamrock themed items from Time Was Antiques....
Like this 1960s Irish Belleek creamer in the Shamrock pattern, or....
a Belleek Shamrock sugar bowl or sugar basin from the 1960s with a basket weave pattern...or...
an Aynsley, England 1930-1940s Shamrock patterned teacup trio...or...
This Shelley Dainty Shamrock teacup and saucer.
What ever you do this St. Patrick's Day...hopefully including a cup of Irish Breakfast tea...may it make your Irish Eyes smile...!
Hi there...I have been silent for a long time...just can't seem to do two blogs at once! But I am gonna try....this will be a simple blog...basically doing my daily Deal Of The Day items from Time Was Antiques, and things of interest in the UK...but in simple posts...hope that's okay!
Deal Of The Day! 1950s Barratts, England red transferware ironstone salad plate in the Old Castles pattern...at Time Was Antiques...25% off today!
Transferware has been popular for centuries, and this is a variation begun by Barratt's in the 1920s...
The mark dates this version to the 1950s, with the mention of acid and detergent proof...as earlier ironstone plates often discolored with the acid of tomato dishes like spaghetti...but the glaze was improved in the 1940-1950s for all ironstone makers and that was much improved.
This is Commonwealth Day, and here is a you tube of the speech Queen Elizabeth did for the Commonwealth on her 21st birthday...
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