Hi again--
I haf returrrrned! I love your story about Kindtree. You should write, write, write. but as they say in Al-Alanon: "don't should on me and I won't should on you".
However your pictures you create in readers' minds are so wonderful. This is so lovely. What you have said.
I may have a lot on my mind--the kids meds come first, then Jim, then me. In me it evinces itself as frustration and irritability but my eye is bothering me so much I am defused!!! Hahah!!! Jean defused is fairly worthless!
Besides, too happy with our weekend seeing Jimmy and Kate.
Of course, I do remember your collection but forgot it was from your friend's mother--I need a pic of those kinds of china from YOU! I will attach some pics--pics of some of the things I sent Replacements
(note from jean--this is a store which buys china and crystal)--the black and white and gold desert plate is from a Fifth avenue antiques store and is Spode, vintage, in mint condition--I have 8 or so. I have a story about that. Please remind me to tell you when I talk to you on the phone.
note--these are all unphotoshopped and in natural light-
The teapot is part of my after dinner set with tea cups and dessert plates, sugar and cream pitcher, and is called the Royal Crown Derby "Brittany" pattern--boy were they hot for that one at Replacements.
oddly I have two shapes of tea cups. from my grandmother's trips to G.B. --this is just one.
Royal Crown Derby (pronounced Darby) makes the "Imari" pattern, one of the most expensive patterns ever made. I picked "Brittany" as a child for my wedding china and my grandmother used to bring me back pieces from England. My ex chose Spode "Consul" for our main service, so I have that on offer to them as well.
quite a nice blue with gold , all hand painted, as are all these pieces I am showing in this entry
All from Tiffany's or in the case of "Brittany" a few from GB.
The yellow and blue soup and saucer pic is from a set of four from Tiff and co--I bought them myself when I worked there--they are handpainted expressly for Tiff and co by Limoges and I just fell in love with them when I worked there!
--I sent Replacements photos of the bottoms of everything. I really love that set!
here is the bottom of this on above.
Tiffany's had one little section on the china and crystal floor (the "lifers", as we called them, who worked there, hated calling it "crystal" and called it glassware--hahahaha) When they answered the phone they would say: "China and GLASSWARE!" assertively, as if crystal was a dirty word because it was
affected sounding to them. This is reverse snobbery at its height. Anyway, Tiffany's had a tiny section of handpainted china done expressly for them by Limoges...which, as I may have told you, is NOT one company, it is a town. The clay in Limoges is what makes Limoges porcelain so lovely, but some Limoges is not as good as others. This is A number one Limoges. I had an incredible cigarette box (can you imagine? A cigarette box?) which I registered for, which my ex broke by stepping on it. HAHAHA!!! It was worth a zillion dollars. I couldn't believe I even got it as one of my gifts for that wedding. It was white with tiny yellow hand painted checks as the pattern. And it clicked open with a golden brass hinged attachment -- you know, like trim...something or other which opens and closes boxes. It was large and stunning. Perfect for my hand painted coffee table.
Here is my wine glass from my water and wine set. I chose the same as my mother had registered for.
my
crystal wine glass:
How ridiculous my life was! Things were so important in a way I can barely remember. It was another life. I thought "being grown up" was to be an exact clone of my parents, but I had never been them. I wasn't them, ever. I was miserable and trapped when I wasn't myself, the nerdy reading and drawing girl who hated exercise. I had never fit into the social milieu I was brought up in. My father was the only one who understood me, and I was forever grateful to him, because he gave me the self confidence to remain myself and to be true to myself. always.
Shall I put this up on my blog? I think I will.
I have nothing now except what is really important to me, and I am fighting as if our lives depend upon it, because they do. (
note from jean--we are going through something here and it is important) -- I think will post the pics on my blog--go there to see!
They will be easier to hit and enlarge.
PS I have a Spode Christmas plate, too! But those are easy to find and many people have whole sets of them for Christmas--i just have one, for cookies. :)
love you!!!
xox jean
PS : Hey! If anyone wants to buy any of this exquisite stuff, I will ship with alacrity within the USA, and I give good discounts to my readers. The Christmas plate will be 28 dollars. Mint condition. I take paypal. !!!
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