The last leg of our journey...

[wiseheart]

... back to civilized living. In other words, the carpet cleaner was here today to finish the job. That meant we had to empty the small cupboards, so that they could be moved and store all Mum's china in one big heap on the kitchen table. Which looked like this:



Afterwards Mum washed up the stuff, and I made a few photos, arranging the various services neatly on a lace table shawl, adding some decoration for better effort.

This one is for motodraconis, who likes good china, if I remember correctly. This is a Queen Victoria pattern Herendi coffee service, which Mum acquired for a reasonable price some 30 years ago. The same service has a six-digit-price now; just the pot, the creamer, the sugar bowl and the cups and saucers, mind you. As always, click to enlarge.

Front view:



The same seen from above:



Another Herendi service, with a slightly different pattern, to serve cake. I only have 4 of the decorative napkin rings, that's why the other two settings are in the background:



Some Herendi knick-knacks Mum's collected during her time as a revisor. She travelled a lot within the country in those years and tended to buy a small Herendi item everywhere she was. One could actually afford these things back then. The square vase was the very first item, the one that started the whole passion for her.



And finally, our very modest Rosenthal china collection:



Those are my favourite coffee cups, actually: while a classic shape, the design is modern and simple, not so overdone like the ones above. It's a shame that only 3 cups have survived the several movings. But again, they are thin like tissue paper, so it's not really surprising.

I'll post pictures of Great-grandmother's tea service tomorrow. *g*

Comments

[artemis10002000]

The china is absolutely gorgeous but oh my, I shudder to think of the work you had with it!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

It took us three days to deal with it indeed. *sigh*
First to empty the cupboards, then Mum insists on washing them up once a year, which is reasonable, I guess, as they tend to collect dust with passion, and then to put them back in their place. The photographing session just added to the time and effort, but I wanted to have some pictures.

[artemis10002000]

Three days, oh my! And yeah, I can imagine the photos would have taken even longer. But. You already had three days so you might as well. At least you got something nice out of all that.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Exactly! *g*