Thank you for your kind responses on Monday. Life can be wonderful, but very difficult, as well.
On Monday, I received a package in the mail from my cousin Eileen and her husband. In it were two egg cups chosen from several they discovered in an antique shop in Mississippi. These are the cups I chose.
On the left, a dragron. This is a single egg cup and it is Royal Stafford English Bone China.
On the right, a Peter Rabbit egg cup from Wedgwood. It’s a bucket style egg cup.
The Beatrix Potter line of egg cups are still readily available, but for some reason I had never purchased one.
There are flowers on the other side of the first cup, and more of Peter Rabbit’s story and text on the other side of that cup.
Here are the marks. I have no idea when the dragon cup was made – there are a lot of marks for Royal Stafford. I would say some time in the 20th Century. I’ve discovered the pattern is Dragon Blue, or Blue Dragon, depending on the listing.
Both of them are now ensconced in the egg cup cubby cabinet.
I’ve been searching for French egg cups of the style I showed you in a recent post. They’re out there, but not in great numbers. How I wish I was scouring the flea markets in France right now. I have a few of them bookmarked on my browser and when I have a little extra money, I’ll buy one.
It’s going to be rainy today. In fact, I can hear thunder in the distance. And it will rain tomorrow and Friday and then, we just might have a stretch of several days without rain. Fingers crossed. Don has been doing some work on the paths in our little woods and I have been digging a seemingly endless array of invasive plants out of the funky patio area.
Today, we grocery shop and make a quick stop at the library. And try to stay dry!
Stay safe.
Happy Wednesday.
