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| MeadowLark |
Posted - Oct 18 2005 : 6:45:05 PM
I'm feeling a little goofy today...(blame it on the moon) We all love our dishes and china and crystal and pottery and granite ware, right? We are farmgirls....and any farm auction you attend if a woman lived in the house there is apt to be several tables of various dishes, china, ect... If you were a dish of china, pottery, ironstone, fiestaware, what would you be and why??? What do your dishes say about you? Your coveted china pieces? Would you be a fragile bone china dematasse cup and saucer sprinkled with violets? Or a rock solid and sturdy tin spatterware coffee pot? What about cheap and practical TexasWare? Or my fav for everyday...15 multicolored plastic plates for 1.50 from Wal-Mart. I do have a cabinet of Havilland Limoges Louis IV bone china too....I am a mixture of the cheap crud along with quality lifetime heirloom china.
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. |
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| jpbluesky |
Posted - Oct 25 2005 : 05:38:07 AM
Melissa - go to www.rowepottery.com They have great salt-glazed pottery. I have several pieces and still love them after 20 years. It is a little pricey, but you can also find it on Ebay and here and there for less. |
| bramble |
Posted - Oct 25 2005 : 05:31:04 AM
Glad to know you've got this too! I wonder what it is that makes us drawn to so many different types of dishes? Mine is a family attachment in part, but the others are all me! Albertson's here is still called Acme but that is where we bought them too! What a nice MIL! The Liberty Blue platter is Washington Crossing the Delaware which is right nearby. We have gone to the re- enactment a few times on Christmas Day and it certainly makes you think about what harsh conditions they endured. A teacher once asked my son how he knew so much about colonial America and his response was "Have you seen my Grammy's dishes?"
Sqrl-Lucky you to have gotten the two crocks !I too seem to have what my Mom referred to as "Champagne taste and a beer budget!" Keep looking though, I get lucky every once in a while, I bought an old Heinz pickle crock for 10.00 a few years ago.
"Doctor, doctor...Give me the news, I gotta bad case of..." dish collecting blues!
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| westfork woman |
Posted - Oct 24 2005 : 8:41:43 PM
They sure did, Bramble. Albertsons had them, I wanted them so bad, but decided I just couldn't afford them. Every time I went to the store it almost killed me looking at them, on Christmas when I opened the box you could have knocked me over with a feather. I don't know how my MIL got them, because we almost always went to the store together. Christmas dinner is about the only time we use them, but just looking at them in the china cabinet makes me happy. We inherited 2 other sets from my MIL. One is Homer Laughlin's Brittany pattern, a really pretty white with burgundy rims, with flowers and gold trim. We have a granddaughter named Brittany, so they will go to her. The other set is a pink and gold set from the 60's. Very elegant. Both sets are for 18, she must have liked big parties. This dish thing is a disease, I have run out of wall space in my kitchen for hanging blue dishes, and the china cabinet is full.
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| sqrl |
Posted - Oct 24 2005 : 09:32:12 AM
Hey Bramble, Thanks for the info. I understand the salt glaze technique, never done it myself but when you love to hang out and play in cermanic sutdios you pick up things. Now I know what this pottery is called. I have two big, old crocks that the studio that I worked in, in LA were getting rid of so I snatched them up before anyone else could . Other than that My everyday dishes are an interpration of that style made by pfaltzgraff. But I would love to some of the real thing. Unfortunitly I seem to always pick the expensive stuff to like.
Blessed Be
www.sqrlbee.com www.sisterhood.sqrlbee.com
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| bramble |
Posted - Oct 24 2005 : 06:56:06 AM
I have blue willow for everyday and I love the teapot! It's round roly poly shape (like me!) can fill 4 good sized mugs or 6 teacups so there is always plenty to share!
My good dishes are Royal Tonquin staffordshire(cranberry) that has a victorian house/scene I just love and they are dishes I started collecting by finding 18 pcs. for 9.00 at a flea market when I was first married.These dishes are my victorian fantasy life!
From my Mom I have a whole set of Liberty Blue that I have on display in a Welsh cupboard type hutch and I remember us getting all the different pieces week after week at the market during the bicentennial so they hold a very special place in my heart! NIce to hear that they made their way west too Westfork Woman!
My Gran left me a giant collection of Rosepoint w/ the flowers (Raised rim white dish with center spring of pink, blue, yellow green flowers) that my husband thinks is too "girlie!" so I use them for
girl stuff!
Shirley- I love Portmerion Botanical too and have a few serving pieces , they are great and wear like iron! I have a friend who has them and I tease her I come to visit her dishes!
Melissa_ That type of pottery was common throughout the Northeast(PA, NJ, NY, CT) in it's time and is also known as salt glaze stoneware. The blue ornamentation comes from cobalt. I have a few old crocks similar to your reference that my Mom collected, but prices are too rich for me, so I have collected reproductions that have been more affordable. Check out Rowe pottery, David Eldreth (he's in PA) and also does Salt glaze w/ the blue santas annually that my husband gives me when he can find them . They are done in his own style but remind you of sort of new age chocolate molds if that makes sense!
There is also a potter Anne Fritsch Martin who does some really nice salt glaze w/ cobalt crockery, pots, etc for a living history museun in New York state, She's a sweetheart and will do custom orders for things if you ask also.We used to do a three day artisian show and she would have made someone a whole set of dishes that she would bring with her as well! She made a crock for me when my son was born and I just love it! Hope that gives you some leads if you want to add to your collection!
Incase you are all wondering...yes, I am a dish junkie! Or as this thread started... I have multiple personality dish disorder!
with a happy heart |
| Shirley |
Posted - Oct 23 2005 : 11:29:42 PM
I have portmeirion botanical garden dishes, they are so pretty, that I could be one of those flowers any day, they have so many different botanicals flowers on them I could be a different one every day.
shirley |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Oct 23 2005 : 9:03:27 PM
i like white 'ironstone' .. goes with almost all heavier dishes or stands alone .. can be used alone for a more 'simple' all white table .. it's durable .. each olde piece has it's own history .. and you add your own as you use it. |
| connio |
Posted - Oct 22 2005 : 2:32:58 PM
Hey Farm Girls!!
Molly Mae
I am so glad that you are back. I am certain that you know that the Farm Girl tribe is always ready to lend love and support.
Right Girls!!!!!
Connie
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| MeadowLark |
Posted - Oct 22 2005 : 2:21:30 PM
Julia, I have not heard of Homer Laughlin....does he paint the farm scenes? They sound beautiful!
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. |
| Julia |
Posted - Oct 22 2005 : 2:07:57 PM
Hmmm?I would have to say it depends on my mood. I have bone china tea cups, HOmer Laughlin,"Pastoral" (it has farm scences on it; cream with soft green picture)tea cups, fiestaware, and inexpensive mugs from the dollar sore. I have tea cups I use more in the spring than the fall and vise-versa. I have a tea cup that my dad gave me that I use when I am feeling melancoly. Mugs when I just want to curl up and be cozy. Regardless of the cup, I always have my chocloate!
"...the setting sun is like going into the very presence of God." Elizabeth Von Arnim |
| mollymae |
Posted - Oct 22 2005 : 11:42:47 AM
Hehe hi Meadowlark! I miss you guys too! Been going through some issues in life that have emotionally prevented me from doing much lately internet wise, but I think I'm back for good! I need you guys too much!
Cead Mile Failte,
Molly
"This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet."~Rumi
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| MeadowLark |
Posted - Oct 21 2005 : 3:39:54 PM
HI MOLLYMAE!!!! Where have you been hiding girl? We miss ya!
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. |
| Mumof3 |
Posted - Oct 21 2005 : 3:37:10 PM
It would have to be the six little saucers, brown glazed pottery with gold leaves on them, from my childhood teaset. I would have been about 4 years old when my parents entrusted the teaset with me. Over the years the daintier pieces were broken or lost, but these have been with me for 43 years now. I guess I am a bit like them- loyal, sturdy, plain enough to mix in, yet with a touch of glimmer... |
| mollymae |
Posted - Oct 21 2005 : 12:39:37 PM
Mine would be my Royal Albert Old Country Roses!!!
Cead Mile Failte,
Molly
"This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet."~Rumi
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| MeadowLark |
Posted - Oct 20 2005 : 3:30:07 PM
Clare, Your dinnerware speaks of you...simple, lovely,practical and down to earth. I love the colors of the briar stoneware! I tried to post a comment on your blog but the blog god said I had an incorrect password and would not let me So, I am posting it here. I have some little cream colored cheese plates with etched drawings of different style wineglasses and wine varieties that speak to me. I got them at a Williams Sonoma clearance table for 75% off a few years back. I guess I should start a topic on Dinnerware/china/pottery anoynmous club...it's always been a big draw for me.
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. |
| westfork woman |
Posted - Oct 20 2005 : 1:03:23 PM
I would like to be like my Blue Onion Corelle. Hard to break, smooth, easy on the hands. I have had other plates and bowls, but they are the ones I always reach for. I like the Corelle stoneware for mugs. And of course there is nothing like the looks of blue and white dishes. I have loved them all my life, I cried when I was 4 because Mom wouldn't spend $5 on an apple box full of blue and white china. My ML made up for it and got me the whole set of Liberty Blue for the Bi-centennial. She got a set for 18 with everything, all the serving pieces, including the tea pot. Which got broken, but I still have the lid.
Greetings from the morning side of the hill. |
| hapyhrt |
Posted - Oct 20 2005 : 12:26:10 PM
This is such fun! I would be my Heartland stoneware, pretty enough for company yet practical enough for everyday use and abuse. This set of dishes is special because they were a gift from my parents nearly 20 years ago and I still use them everyday, display some on my dining room hutch and never fail to smile when I see the farm scene. Mom and Dad always knew my heart would be in the country even when hubby and I moved to the city as newlyweds. Many years later still stuck in the city apartment this gift of dishes cheered my heart and helped me to make our apartment feel as cozy and warm as "home" always was. They've traveled with us from city to village and finally to the country where hubby and I truly belong! ;)
"Think happy thoughts...any others aren't worth your time!" Ü |
| sqrl |
Posted - Oct 20 2005 : 09:03:47 AM
Clare how fun that you started a blog. I want to start one also, one day.
Blessed Be
www.sqrlbee.com www.sisterhood.sqrlbee.com
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| Clare |
Posted - Oct 20 2005 : 08:29:06 AM
I haven't really identified with any china or pottery personally until just recently when I "craved" some from my childhood.
I posted pictures at my blog: http://www.farmstyle.blogspot.com
May the sun bring you new energy by day, may the moon softly restore you by night, may the rain wash away your worries, may the breeze blow new strength into your being, may you walk gently through the world and know its beauty all the days of your life. ~~Apache Blessing
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| therusticcottage |
Posted - Oct 19 2005 : 9:37:25 PM
Melissa -- I love that pottery. I've seen it before but never knew what it was called. Wouldn't mind having a set of that for my kitchen either.
GO WHITE SOX!!!!
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| Kim |
Posted - Oct 19 2005 : 7:01:32 PM
I have a copper ea kettle too!!
farmgirl@heart
Be at peace with yourself and the rest will follow |
| Judes |
Posted - Oct 19 2005 : 12:20:03 PM
Does Milkglass count? If I could choose, I think I'd like to be a Milkglass Vase...I love the milky white color, the dotted designs...and they cast a warm glow when a candle is lit inside. I've been collecting it for years. Other than that, I can't commit to one particular kind. It depends on my mood. When I'm settling down to work on a long art project, I like an oversized handmade mug...you know the kind with the special dent for your thumb? But then there are also times when I want to drink from a dainty cup from England, sipping tea. Otherwise, I don't know a whole lot about china. |
| sqrl |
Posted - Oct 19 2005 : 12:03:08 PM
This is a little hard to explain it's a type of pottery that our PA sisters will know about. I always call it pennsylvia dutch pottery but I'm what it's really called. It's alomst always hand thrown, think sturdy dishs, clear glaze on whitish grey clay with colbalt blue design.Here a link to a picture of what I 'm trying to expalin www.crockerfarm.com/Items/wvpc01.htm
This was hard to find. But this is my Favorite pottery. It's from where I come from, I feel very connected to it.
Blessed Be
www.sqrlbee.com www.sisterhood.sqrlbee.com
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| thehouseminder |
Posted - Oct 19 2005 : 11:52:48 AM
I don't think you flunked Connio....Just shows you are practical
Lucinda
When we were young, there were moments of such perfectly crystallized happiness that we stood stock still and silently promised ourselves that we would remember them always. And we did. --Holly J. Burkhalter , "Four Midwestern Sisters' Christmas Book"
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| connio |
Posted - Oct 19 2005 : 11:09:46 AM
Hey Farm Girls!!
Oh no. I might have flunked the Farm Girl test here.
I do have a set of everyday dishes that have a red, white and blue Texas flag theme, but they are rarely used. As far as the kitchen goes, I really do lead the life of a male bachelor. Most days for me it is paper plates and plasticware!!! However, I swear that this is my only personal flaw!! (lol)
Connie
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