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La Tea Dah at
Gracious Hospitality is hosting a Tea Blog-a-Thon from March 16 until May 31. She has a different theme for each week and you may participate as much or as little as you like. The first one is Tea Cup-a-Story for the week of March 16-22:
"Share a picture of your favorite teacup and saucer; describe it and tell it's history (or make up a story about it's past). Why is it meaningful to you? This would be a good place to share about the details of your teacup collection if you have one."
When I read about the Gracious Hospital-i-Tea Blog-a-Thon I was very glad and decided to participate. As it is, I enjoy drinking hot tea, and have many matching tea cups and saucers with my china patterns, plus a separate blue and white collection with each cup representing a different pattern. The manufacturers are from England, United States, Germany, France, Japan, and Denmark. I showed the collection in my
Jan. 15, 2008 post and in the
Jan. 25 post.
Choosing a favorite is difficult since I like different ones for various reasons. I thought I’d share both one of my own favorite teacups and my mother’s favorite from among my Blue and White Teacup Collection.
Here is one favorite of mine:
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It is a teacup and saucer that I got last September at a local antique shop, as told in my Oct. 21, 2007 post. It was made in Limoges, France. It is delicate and has a floral pattern in a pale blue on a white ground. The handle forms a small circle, called a ring handle.
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The cup is so light and lovely, with an interior in a soft blue.
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My blue and white collection is mostly cobalt blue with few of the softer blues. I am especially glad to have the Limoges cup and saucer since I would have missed it if it had not been pointed out to me. I also got it at a good price.
Here is my mother’s favorite. It is the teacup I use daily for her hot herb tea. She especially loves the design of the cup handle, which is divided handle.
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The pattern is "Blue Danube" and is made in Japan. The design is actually based on the "Blue Onion" pattern first produced by Meissen in Germany.
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Please visit La Tea Dah at Gracious Hospitality for links to other participants.