Showing posts with label antiques and teacups. Show all posts
Showing posts with label antiques and teacups. Show all posts

Monday, February 27, 2012

Spring Teacup, Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Tour Schedule

Hello and welcome to my post joining Tuesday Cuppa Tea with Antiques And Teacups and other wonderful blog parties listed at the end of the post.




I have a spring patterned cup and saucer with the pattern name of Daffodil that was made by Victoria China, England which was made by Cartwright and Edwards between 1929-1942. The design is hand colored on black transfer with hand applied enamel accents and is a perfect spring bouquet. Daffodils and Narcissus are some of my favorite flowers. I love the fragrance!  For more about the Daffodil teacup and saucer at Time Was Antiques, click on the photos.


The Queen's website announced the schedule for her Diamond Jubilee visits across the country last month. The visits will commence on March 9th with a trip to Leicestershire which is where my family is from, and some still are. The Queen announced that Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge will be accompanying the Queen on the early visits including Leicestershire. Word has it that the Queen is very fond of Catherine and the 2 have spent quite a bit of time together. It is a great honor for Catherine to be included in the Jubilee visits. 

Here is the schedule that was posted of the upcoming Diamond Jubilee visits:


THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT IS ISSUED BY THE PRESS SECRETARY TO THE QUEEN
Her Majesty The Queen, accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, will mark the year of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee with a series of regional visits throughout the United Kingdom.
Touring the country by road, rail, air and sea, The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh will travel widely across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The following list is a breakdown, by city and town (or London borough), of Her Majesty’s United Kingdom Diamond Jubilee Tour.
These visits will give Her Majesty the opportunity to express her thanks to people throughout the country for their continued support and loyalty.
8th March - City Day
Leicester.
23rd March – City DayManchester and Salford.
29th March - North LondonRedbridge, Walthamstow, Harrow.
26th -27th April - WalesCardiff, Margam, Merthyr Tydfil, Aberfan, Ebbw Vale, Glanusk Park.
1st -2nd May - South West EnglandSherborne, Salisbury, Crewkerne, Yeovil, Exeter.
15th May - South LondonBromley, Merton, Richmond.
16th -17th May - North West EnglandBurnley, Accrington, Warrington, Chester, Liverpool.
13th -14th June - East MidlandsNottingham, Burghley, Corby, Stevenage, Hatfield. 

25th June - South East EnglandHenley-on-Thames.
2nd – 6th July - Scotland (Holyrood Week) Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dunbartonshire, Renfrewshire, Perth.
11th – 12th July - West Midlands Hereford, Worcester, Birmingham, Shropshire.
18th -19th July - North East EnglandSunderland, South Tyneside, North Tyneside, Gateshead, Durham City , Stockton-on- Tees, Leeds.
25th July - South East EnglandCowes, Isle of Wight, New Forest, Hampshire.
The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh will make use of car, the Royal Train, aircraft and the ship Leander as they tour the United Kingdom.

Quite a schedule for the 85 year old Queen. The Jubilee visits are a tradition started by Queen Victoria, the only other English monarch to reach the Diamond Jubilee mark of 60 years as Queen.

Here are the wonderful blog parties I am joining:

 
Ruth ~ http://antiquesandteacups.blogspot.com/
Tuesday Cuppa Tea
Monday Marketplace
Terri~  http://artfulaffirmations.blogspot.com/ 
Teacup Tuesday
Trisha~  http://sweetology101.blogspot.com/ 
Tea Party Tuesday
Teatime Tuesday
Kathy~  http://blissfulrhythm.blogspot.com/
Victoria - A Return to Loveliness
Martha~  http://www.marthasfavorites.com/ 
Teacup Tuesday 
Bernideen’s ~ http://bernideensteatimeblog.blogspot.com
Friends Sharing Tea Wednesday
Tea With Friends
What’s It Wednesday
 
 

Monday, February 13, 2012

Tuesday Cuppa Tea, Valentine's Day, Emma Hearts

Happy Valentine's Day! I am joining several blog parties on this special day including Tuesday Cuppa Tea with Antiques And Teacups and Valentine's Day Tea with Sandi at Rose Chintz Cottage. There is a list of others at the end of the post. Happy Valentine's Day to everyone!





I shared the milk free Spritz cookies a few blog posts ago and we are finishing the last today with tea. In case you missed the recipe, just click on the photo to go to the blog post with the recipe.


From the archives of Time Was Antiques, here is my favorite Valentine's Day tea mugs by Emma Bridgewater, England. The pattern of the top is Hearts and the bottom is Love & Kisses. I love her designs, and always visit...and buy...when we visit the UK and they are gone! I always say I'll save one, then forget, and then kick myself! I am especially fond of Emma Bridgewater because that was my grandmother's name!




I hope your Valnetine's Day is a wonderful feast of love! Here are 2 special Valentine's Day poems...one new and one an old favorite...about love.





Compatible Valentine
 
On Valentine’s Day, I think about
The people who are dear,
How much they add to life’s delight
Whenever they are near.
You’ve always been a total joy,
Such pleasant company,
I very much appreciate
Our compatibility!
By Joanna Fuchs

 How Do I Love Thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being an ideal Grace. 
I love thee to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise. 

I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints,--I love thee with the Breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life!--and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death. 
Elizabeth Barret Browning
 
 


I would also like to remind you to visit Antiques And Teacups to enter their drawing for an Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee mug. Just click on the photo.

 Have a great Valentine's Day vising the wonderful blog parties!


Ruth ~ http://antiquesandteacups.blogspot.com/
Tuesday Cuppa Tea

Terri~  http://artfulaffirmations.blogspot.com/ 
Teacup Tuesday

Trisha~  http://sweetology101.blogspot.com/ 
Tea Party Tuesday


Teatime Tuesday

Kathy~  http://blissfulrhythm.blogspot.com/
Victoria - A Return to Loveliness

Martha~  http://www.marthasfavorites.com/ 
Teacup Tuesday
 
Bernideen’s ~ http://bernideensteatimeblog.blogspot.com
Friends Sharing Tea Wednesday


Tea With Friends


Monday, January 23, 2012

Tuesday Cuppa Tea, Wedgwood Austen Family China

Today is Tuesday Cuppa Tea which I am joining hosted by Antiques And Teacups.






I am also joining the blog parties below and especially Sandi for her Tea Time Tuesday 2nd birthday blog party! Happy birthday Sandi!



 I want to share a Wedgwood Moss Rose Queen's Ware teacup today which I chose because of the roses and a Wedgwood/Jane Austen connection.






The set dates to the 1940s, but Moss Rose is one of the oldest recorded china patterns...dating back to the 17th century. I love the ribbed Edme shape of this version...so tactile!  You can see more of the teacup at Time Was Antiques by clicking on the photos.

Sandi's blog is Rose Chintz Cottage so that is my reason for choosing this teacup for today. 


But there was a Jane Austen link as well. As I was looking for a tea quote, I came across an account in the book Tea With Jane Austen by Kim Wilson of Jane Austen accompanying her brother Edward Austen Knight (Edward was adopted by a wealthy relative and so added Knight to the Austen family name) and niece to Wedgwood to choose china. The pattern was a small lozenge in purple between gold lines and the Knight family crest was to be added.

photo from Sotheby's

With a little research, I found out the the dinner set had been on display for years at the Chawton, England Jane Austen's House Museum.
The sad part from my researches is that the china was sold at auction by Sotheby's in Dec. 2010 because of financial reasons by a member of the Knight family. I was unable to find what it sold for but the pre sale estimate was for 50,000 to 70,000 pounds. I hope someone bought the set and gave it back to a museum!

I am joining the following tea related blog parties whom I hope you will visit:



Ruth ~ http://antiquesandteacups.blogspot.com/
Tuesday Cuppa Tea
Terri~  http://artfulaffirmations.blogspot.com/ 
Teacup Tuesday
Trisha~  http://sweetology101.blogspot.com/ 
Tea Party Tuesday
Teatime Tuesday
Kathy~  http://blissfulrhythm.blogspot.com/
Victoria - A Return to Loveliness
Martha~  http://www.marthasfavorites.com/ 
Teacup Tuesday
 
Bernideen’s ~ http://bernideensteatimeblog.blogspot.com
Friends Sharing Tea Wednesday
Tea With Friends






 
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