Mockingbird Hill Cottage

Okay. This is the last egg cup post. I haven’t included every cup on this tour, but that’s only because a few of them are very basic and not really worth noting.

Three of my larger double egg cups:

• On the left, a Hankscraft egg cup, made by Redwing Pottery in Wisconsin. Vintage. This is solid and heavy and I love the vertical lines that evoke a bit of Art Deco to me. Made in the 1940s.

• This cup was a local find. It’s made of glass and has distinctive orange markings. I have no idea who made it, it could any one of a number of glass companies. I fell in love with that milk glass/orange combination.

• I’m not sure of the maker on this one, either, though I suspect it’s Johnson Bros. It’s a lovely transferware pattern and I had to have it.

Three new egg cups:

I bought all three of these on our trip to Paris and London.

• An egg cup designed by Emma Bridgewater, bought in her shop in Marylebone/London. I’m a big fan of Emma Bridgewater and have several of her pieces. Had to have this one!

• Of course, we visited Abbey Road on that trip, as well as Abbey Road Studios. I discovered this pair in the gift shop. IMMEDIATELY bought them! I mean, they couldn’t be more charming or more perfect for two Beatles loving people. That’s not a crack on the base. It’s some wax, which I use to secure the cups in the cubby. Same stuff I use for my miniatures.

And there you have it.

I’m not actively searching for any more cups, but if I run across one that I can’t resist, I’ll add it to the collection.  I haven’t added one for a while.

Experimenting with the right colors for Ella:

By the way, she has two little teeth. Impossible for you to see, but I can!

I am going to have to go into the city tomorrow, though I still feel sick. But the remaining time in the rehearsal studio is waning, so I have to be there. I’ll have to go in on Friday or Saturday, as well.

The thought of this is exhausting, of course. Sigh.

So I won’t post tomorrow.

So happy when I see a lifelong criminal arrested.

Stay safe.

Happy Wednesday.

 

Still sick. So is Don. This morning I spent my first two hours coughing. Lovely way to start the day.

Anyway, we’re hanging in there. I did a bit too much yesterday, so I’m cutting back today. I do have to vacuum – it’s been way too long. And I have to go back to rehearsal this week – hopefully, not until Thursday or so. What a damn pain in the tush this is.

Egg cup tour continues:

• On the left, an egg cup from Prague. A gift from my husband. Darn it, he’s so sweet.

• Two morning glory egg cups found at the Paris flea market. First of all, morning glories! Secondly, PARIS! I think they’re fairly modern, but I love the design. You can still see the price tag in one of the cups.

• One of my favorite egg cups from a line by Carlton in England. This one was made in 1973. The name of the line is “Walking Ware” and consists of, you guessed it, egg cups with feet and shoes and socks. Some of them have long legs. I think they’re so whimsical and charming.

We have a few more to go and then this year’s tour will be over.

Oh, almost forgot! (Just kidding.)

I’d like you to meet Ella.

Yes, she arrived yesterday all the way from England. Ella is a Ferro Doll – like Harper – and I’ve often mentioned on this blog that I wanted one of her dolls with curly hair. They’re hard to find as Elena is concentrating on a different sculpt lately. I’ve missed out on a few over the past two years, sometimes due to my relative ‘newness’ to Blythe collecting and not being sure about what I wanted and sometimes due to timing. I’ve had a long back-and-forth with Ferro Dolls about it and, though she doesn’t take commissions, I asked her to let me know when another one of these curly-haired girls might be coming up for adoption. But she hasn’t – mostly because, like any true artist, she is expanding her designs and going in a slightly different direction. Long story short, one morning as I scrolled through my Blythe feed, a woman from the Liverpool area mentioned that she was going to let go of some of her dolls and to please let her know if there is one we’d like. I responded with the speed of a cheetah because I knew she had this girl. And somehow I ended up first in line for her.

Like most Ferro girls, she has an intense, slightly fierce look. I love her coloring, which is darker than many of my girls, making the combination of her skin tone and her blondish tousled hair quite striking. Her face-up is beautifully painted.

Harper (my other Ferro) is pleased to meet her sister and I’ll try to get some photos of them together today.

Side note: This is the first time – ever – that I received a doll without any clothes on. Nothing. And in a cardboard box rather than the original wood Ferro box she came in. I remember watching a video of her ‘unboxing’ and she came with a little romper and a hat and shoes and socks in the always beautiful Ferro box.

I was rather shocked when I signed for the package. It was so light in weight that I thought something had gone wrong! Anyway, there are no hard or fast rules, but every new or second-hand doll I’ve ever seen both here and online has arrived wearing something. I was a little miffed, I’ll admit it. But I let it pass because, in the end, I’ve got what I really wanted, which is this beautiful girl, and I’m sick and don’t have much energy. Also, I have plenty of wood Blythe boxes so I really don’t need another one!

I renamed her because ‘Ella’ just kept coming to mind when I looked at her. She already has a new body because she came with a licca body and I don’t like them. My friend Tania calls them ‘noodle legs’ and she’s right. So some of my time yesterday afternoon was spent replacing her licca body with an Obitsu 22.

Too much info I expect, but I’m sick, so give me a pass.

Stay safe.

Happy Tuesday.