New Royal Wedding Mug Will & Kate and Wedgwood Jasperware Queen Elizabeth II box

We just received our new design of Prince William and Kate Middleton Royal Wedding mugs with the inscription and date for April 29, 2011 at Time Was Antiques.

To order or see more info for the mugs and our other Prince William items or other British Royal Memorabilia items at Time Was Antiques, click on the photos.


We have also just added a Wedgwood royal blue jasperware box made for the Silver Jubilee in 1977 of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Cool. For more info, click on the photos.

My love of British Royal commemoratives came from my English grandmother who gave me various items she had collected over the years from her growing up during the last years of the reign of Queen Victoria to the coronation of King George VI. I had a nylon lace handkerchief from the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth...who The King's Speech was about... in 1937 framed and it's hanging in my bedroom. I love it!


It's been quite rainy and windy the last several days. The last 2 days, our telephone and internet was spotty at best because of wind damage that took about 38 hours to repair. Had to do an order via cell phone, as my telephone and the contact to the websites was tenuous at best. It was so nice to get the phone call that all was restore last evening, just before we left for a banquet and fund raiser for the youth at our church, Sequim Community, raising funds for a week helping an orphanage in Mexico. A great meal and very successful silent and live auction. Those kids are great!


Have a great day, stay warm and enjoy a cup of tea with a friend.

Nicolas Culpepper Mulled Ale, Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee tile

I came across a great Elizabethan book of herbal remedies called Herbals by Nicolas Culpepper printed in 1653. The book includes this great recipe for mulled ale, which would probably work well with wine as well. Besides being a great Christmas or Yuletide drink it had a long list of things it was good for. Melancholia was the first, which during the dark, sun deprived days of winter can be a problem:

MULLED ALE

2-3 cinnamon sticks

3 blades of mace

4 whole cloves

1 teaspoon grated nutmeg

1 pint brown ale

1/2 teaspoon of honey

1 tablespoon of brandy

rind of a lemon

Heat the ale, honey and spices and leave for 30 minutes. Strain, reheat and pour into a warm jug. Add brandy and lemon rind.

That indeed sounds warming! Cheers!

Speaking of Elizabeth, I have just added this napkin holder to Time Was Antiques which features a tile of Queen Elizabeth II and was made for her Silver Jubilee in 1977. The tile is in a metal frame that includes a napkin holding rack at the back...or letter holder if it found a home on a desk. Cool! We love British royal memorabilia, and this was a great find.

You can read more about it at: QEII Silver Jubilee tile

Have a great day, stop and have a bit of afternoon tea...darjeeling and a Christmas sugar cookie sounds lovely...and enjoy the season!