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Post by Ellie on Jul 24, 2014 15:34:22 GMT
Prized possessions indeed! How lovely. Thank you for sharing this with us.
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Post by 1lear on Jul 24, 2014 15:35:15 GMT
Wow-what a beautiful collection. Such a treasure.
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Post by Lexica on Jul 24, 2014 16:47:18 GMT
What a wonderful memory and I'm so glad you received them. They are seriously beautiful cups and saucers. And I really love the fact that she made you a video about each cup and saucer. That is priceless! I'd love to see you post that to YouTube when you find it, if you don't mind sharing. That type of thing is so interesting to me. My grandmother was born in England and was a lifetime tea connoisseur. When she visited us, we would have a sit down tea time where we had tea and biscuits (like shortbread) or tea and little sandwiches cut in strips with the crusts removed, of course. My mother loved those tea times too and had her own collection of teacups. We were each given a beautiful cup and saucer every Christmas throughout our childhood to start our own sets. Mom said they became harder and harder to find over the years. Mom's sets are on display in her dining room at my younger sister's house. She and Dad built a nice-sized addition onto my sister's house on her ranch. I might be picking her up to spend two weeks with me here, and I will ask her what she has planned for those. My older sister has already laid claim to a lot of Mom's things. She actually videoed the china hutch during a Christmas one year and refers to that to ask for specific pieces. In fact, Mom had a set of peach-tinted glass dishes that my sister was adamant that she should have because she was the oldest, they would match her dining room, and she was asking first. What she failed to take into consideration is that Mom and I were together when we found those dishes. I was about 16. We both liked them and we both bought a set. Over the years, a few of Mom's pieces broke. I wasn't using mine so I gave them to her to complete and enlarge her set. Mom said half belonged to me, and if my younger sister was interested in them, she and the older could split what was left after I was given my set back. Boy was she pissed. I have my set here already. Mom was afraid to leave them in case my older sister went and took them. I'm really in love with the first and third cup and saucers on the fourth row. That swirled first cup in that row must be magnificent in person! Does it have a texture to it or is the gold swirling encased in the glass itself? You seriously have some lovely pieces, and they are made 10x better because they were your grandma's and you have her telling a story about each of them. Do you have any daughters to pass them on to eventually? Or sons, I guess could be equally interested in their history.
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lambchop
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Post by lambchop on Jul 24, 2014 16:56:00 GMT
What a beautiful collection!
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Post by savedbygrace on Jul 24, 2014 16:59:01 GMT
Oh, they're so pretty!
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Post by Mystie on Jul 24, 2014 17:03:20 GMT
That IS a treasure! What a wonderful remembrance of your grandma.
My grandma collected bells when she traveled, and I have two of them, but don't know where she got them. It's so reassuring, somehow, to own a little something that you know they loved.
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Post by disneyjunkie on Jul 24, 2014 17:28:20 GMT
They are gorgeous! Do you actually use them or just display them?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2014 18:16:45 GMT
What a wonderful memory and I'm so glad you received them. They are seriously beautiful cups and saucers. And I really love the fact that she made you a video about each cup and saucer. That is priceless! I'd love to see you post that to YouTube when you find it, if you don't mind sharing. That type of thing is so interesting to me. My grandmother was born in England and was a lifetime tea connoisseur. When she visited us, we would have a sit down tea time where we had tea and biscuits (like shortbread) or tea and little sandwiches cut in strips with the crusts removed, of course. My mother loved those tea times too and had her own collection of teacups. We were each given a beautiful cup and saucer every Christmas throughout our childhood to start our own sets. Mom said they became harder and harder to find over the years. Mom's sets are on display in her dining room at my younger sister's house. She and Dad built a nice-sized addition onto my sister's house on her ranch. I might be picking her up to spend two weeks with me here, and I will ask her what she has planned for those. My older sister has already laid claim to a lot of Mom's things. She actually videoed the china hutch during a Christmas one year and refers to that to ask for specific pieces. In fact, Mom had a set of peach-tinted glass dishes that my sister was adamant that she should have because she was the oldest, they would match her dining room, and she was asking first. What she failed to take into consideration is that Mom and I were together when we found those dishes. I was about 16. We both liked them and we both bought a set. Over the years, a few of Mom's pieces broke. I wasn't using mine so I gave them to her to complete and enlarge her set. Mom said half belonged to me, and if my younger sister was interested in them, she and the older could split what was left after I was given my set back. Boy was she pissed. I have my set here already. Mom was afraid to leave them in case my older sister went and took them. I'm really in love with the first and third cup and saucers on the fourth row. That swirled first cup in that row must be magnificent in person! Does it have a texture to it or is the gold swirling encased in the glass itself? You seriously have some lovely pieces, and they are made 10x better because they were your grandma's and you have her telling a story about each of them. Do you have any daughters to pass them on to eventually? Or sons, I guess could be equally interested in their history. The "ridges" in the green swirl/gold fleck set do have ridge texture, but the gold is within the glass...so there's absolutely no bumpy texture anywhere.
I have 2 daughters...and they've fought over some of my "old stuff", but no one has expressed any interest in the cups. I don't know if I'd keep the entire set together or split it up. Luckily, I've probably got 30 yrs to decide.
I would absolutely express interest to your Mom for any of hers that you'd like. How else will she know? I'm sure she'd rather give them to someone who will treasure them than to just willy nilly give them away.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2014 18:17:48 GMT
They are gorgeous! Do you actually use them or just display them? I don't use them. I'd be way too afraid I'd damage them. My Grandmother only displayed them...so I don't feel guilty "only" displaying them.
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Post by MommyofTriplets on Jul 24, 2014 18:25:32 GMT
Such a beautiful collection! I love that each piece has a story.
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Post by violet on Jul 24, 2014 18:27:33 GMT
What a beautiful collection you have! I'll admit, I teared up at the thought of the video made with your grandmother, that in itself is a real treasure (I'm a total sentimental fool)!
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Post by meowgal on Jul 24, 2014 18:29:05 GMT
ohhhhh, I love them!!!
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Post by Sue on Jul 24, 2014 18:35:36 GMT
Your teacups are lovely but I think the treasure beyond words that you possess is that video tape of your grandmother. Perhaps you can have that transferred to a more up-to-date media. My husband's greatest family treasure is a 45rpm record. On one side is his grandmother (who was born in 1883) reciting a poem and on the other is a cousin singing as he plays the guitar. This record was made in the 50's or 60's when they had recording booths similar to the small photo booths that produced those strips of pictures. We actually had to buy a small record player a few years ago to be able to play and re-record this record onto a tape and then recorded it from tape to CD. It's probably time now to upgrade that CD to .
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2014 18:38:55 GMT
Your teacups are lovely but I think the treasure beyond words that you possess is that video tape of your grandmother. Perhaps you can have that transferred to a more up-to-date media. My husband's greatest family treasure is a 45rpm record. On one side is his grandmother (who was born in 1883) reciting a poem and on the other is a cousin singing as he plays the guitar. This record was made in the 50's or 60's when they had recording booths similar to the small photo booths that produced those strips of pictures. We actually had to buy a small record player a few years ago to be able to play and re-record this record onto a tape and then recorded it from tape to CD. It's probably time now to upgrade that CD to . You're absolutely right. In thinking about the media used to record...it was probably in a VHS mode or even a VHSC mode. We don't even have a camcorder anymore that could play it so even when I get DH to locate the video...I'm not going to be able to watch it until I get it converted. (which I should think about doing very soon before it gets even more outdated and difficult to transfer)
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jul 24, 2014 18:52:16 GMT
What a beautiful collection of memories! And genius for videotaping the story behind them!!
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Post by Judy26 on Jul 24, 2014 19:04:03 GMT
They are beautiful! I, too, have my Grandmother's teacup collection. She left it to me with a small piece of paper inside each cup telling me where she got them. The oldest is from the 1800s and has been in the family for generations. I chose my dinIngroom furniture to match my oak shelf that displays them.
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Post by mollycoddle on Jul 24, 2014 19:13:18 GMT
Beautiful. I love china cups and saucers, and have a small collection that I love. You have some very nice pieces.
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Post by Karenina on Jul 24, 2014 19:15:28 GMT
So beautiful. What a treasure
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Post by gillyp on Jul 24, 2014 19:23:23 GMT
What a great treasure. I was told to wash my china in warm soapy water at least once a year so it doesn't become brittle and increase the possibility of breakage. Oh no...I will have to research this. I don't want it brittle, but I'm such a klutz. Like a lose/lose scenario for me. (but thank you for sharing...I'd never heard that) I'd never heard that either! You probably know, but when washing delicate china line the sink with bubble wrap and then place a towel on top before adding the water, to provide some protection while the item is in the sink. If an item slips out of your hands there is less chance of it being damaged. You have a beautiful keepsake there and some wonderful memories from your grandma. When you transfer the video to a different media, maybe store it in more than one way and also upload to the cloud?? Sorry, I sound like I'm preaching but I'm a bit OTT when it comes to preserving memories.
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Post by tamiq on Jul 24, 2014 19:30:15 GMT
Oh wow, what a beautiful collection
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2014 19:47:06 GMT
Here's a larger photo of one in the collage...just one of my favorites but in the collage you can't see what makes this demitasse cup most unique.
Sure it's gold...and that makes it a bit unique...but look at the feet. This tiny demitasse cup has ball feet.
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Post by lillieleigh on Jul 24, 2014 20:06:58 GMT
How wonderful to have these beautiful treasures.
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Post by scrappert on Jul 24, 2014 20:11:44 GMT
Very cool. I love cups and saucers! I have a few packed away that I purchased at rummage sales. I like the look of them and to serve in them. Great collection.
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Post by Debbie on Jul 24, 2014 20:30:37 GMT
What a precious memories your collection will evoke forever and ever.
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Post by Chinagirl828 on Jul 24, 2014 20:49:06 GMT
I think it's wonderful that you have a video record of where each of the pieces came from and her stories associated with them. It makes this collection even more special.
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Post by travelscrapper on Jul 24, 2014 20:55:24 GMT
WOW---I recognize some of those as being ones that my grandmother had as well. They are packed in a box in my parents basement---someday I hope to move out of our apartment into a house where I can open up the boxes and take them out to use them. I LOVED using them when I was growing up for "dessert" at family dinners.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2014 22:09:33 GMT
OMG...I asked my hubby "hey remember when we recorded Grandma ______ give her story on all the cups?" He's like "uhh...IDK" He then pulled up videos on the shard drive and whaddya know...from 1994...we have the videos and I was able to watch them. (the audio isn't quite in time with the video...but it sure beats nothing...not bad for technology more than 20 yrs old)
The green swirly glass one is from Italy...she purchased it in 1955 and the gold is "pure gold" ("but back then gold was only $35 an ounce") How she remembered in 1994 that gold was $35 an ounce 40 yrs previous I'll never know...clearly I don't have her memory skills because I can hardly remember yesterday.
Other cups were from Scandanavia, Switzerland, Iceland and Holland. Several belonged to her Grandmother...who I've posted a "log cabin" photo back on 2peas...like Little House on the Prairie days. Amazing. My favorite "story" that she told (other than the family history ones) is of the cup...2nd row...far right. (the top far right is the one from Iceland) The 2nd row on the far right...with the flower motif on the plate in that pretty jeweled blue...she got that in West Berlin...1955. (the only way in was by plane) She found it at a 2nd hand store and she said that people often had to sell their beloved things to tourists to have money for things they needed every day. She bought it because she loved it and actually said on video "Every time I look at that cup I wonder who had it before me and if they loved it as much as I do".
I was so anxious to see the entire video that I didn't write much down.
Oh..the cup/saucer with the dice/cards...she bought that in downtown Cleveland because she used to window shop on her way to the bank to pay the mortgage every month. CLEVELAND. LOL (I was so hoping for a Vegas or Monte Carlo story...but alas...downtown Cleveland LMAO)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2014 22:26:19 GMT
What a wonderful collection of memories
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Post by jayfab on Jul 24, 2014 22:46:29 GMT
So pretty, and such wonderful memories!
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Post by mimima on Jul 25, 2014 22:29:38 GMT
That's so wonderful, I'm really glad you received such a treasure.
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