Friday, August 28, 2015

A Miniature Tea Time

Welcome My Dear Teacup Friends to

"A Miniature Tea Time!"

A few weeks ago hubby and I stopped in at Bellingham's Thrift and Gift and they had 50 percent off furniture.

They had these two miniature ironstone chairs for $20 each but with the 50 percent off it would be $20 for the pair!

Since I already had the matching table, hubby agreed it was meant to be. (We actually loaded them into his old red corvette convertible).

So I went to work painting the pair of miniature ironstone chairs to match the white ironstone table.

It was quite a tiresome job but the results made it worth it.

Now to our miniature tea time....

I found these demitasse transferware teacups a few years ago in an Antique Mall in Mount Vernon. There were three little collectible teacups with a matching large coffee pot.

The teapot I am using today is a Sadler.

The tiny tea plates are Mason's Vista.

I wanted to share my vintage Mason's Vista Demitasse with you too.

I love how transferware blends so nicely together with other patterns.

Every week I continue to stop at the roadside to buy fresh Dahlias in Lynden, Wa.

Thank you for visiting me for

"A Miniature Tea Time!"

This week I will be join

See you next week!

Karen

Hope to see you there!

This week I will be joining these beautiful blogspots:

Bernideen's ~http://blog.bernideens.com/

Tea in the Garden

Beverly ~http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/

Pink Saturday

Martha ~ http://www.marthasfavorites.com

Tea on Tuesday

Ruth~ http://www.antiquesandteacups.info/

Tuesday Cuppa Tea

Sandi~http://sandimyyellowdoor.blogspot.ca

Teacup Tuesday

Hope to see you there!

Monday, August 24, 2015

Colclough for Tea Time!

Hello Sweet Teacup Friends

Welcome to Colclough for Tea Time!

I have been trying to stop buying more teacups. You see my cupboards are full and where will I put more pretties? But then again, how could one resist these dainty vintage cups and saucers?

And what a bargain they were! Salvation Army had all of their china for fifty percent off so I weakened and bought both of these two Colclough cups and saucers for $6.99- total.

They are exactly the same except that one is a pale blue.

And the other is a pale yellow.

History of The Colclough China Company

The Colclough china company was founded in 1890 by Herbert Joseph Colclough, who was an ex-Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent.

Mr Colclough was a very conscientious man who loved his pottery and was known on occasion to stay up all night next to his kilns, which he had packed, so that he could be the first to see the new designs when they emerged.

After expanding his company, he moved to the Vale potteries in Longton and was honoured when in 1913 he was visited by King George V and Queen Mary who gave royal licence for the company to produce Royal Vale china.

In the 1930's Colclough China Limited was expanding fast and it was then that they started to produce the tea and dinner ware that we know today. They were the first company to produce fine bone china for the every day market which was marketed by the piece, ruling out the need for large sets to be purchased first.

In 1948, Colclough China Limited took over Booths and Adderley and then in the early 1950's merged with the Ridgeway Company.

Colclough and Ridgeway became part of the Royal Doulton Group in the early 1970's. However, in 1996, Colclough production discontinued and manufacture ceased.

http://www.focusoncolclough.co.uk/colclough_history.htm

You know how much I do love shopping for treasures and collectibles across the border in Washington! But the low Canadian dollar is helping my treasure hunting addiction.