I received the legacy of china knick knacks from several generations. As I was passing them on to my daughter we tried to make meaning of them. I am someone who should be purchasing “Antiques for Dummies”.
I was especially impressed with a blue and white set of china that a friend assisted me in displaying on my, oh I don’t really know its name but it sits atop the very old buffet of my mother. As I tried to describe it to others I remembered such antique words as “spode” and “toile”, whatever they meant.
As our admiration for the mysterious china grew, we chose it as the theme of my daughter’s new dining room. We purchased classic toile blue and white valences and I sewed a door curtain sporting a stylish blue braided tassel.
I began questioning both sides of my family to understand the meaning of such valuable legacies.
The paternal grandparent relatives had no recollection of grandma ever owning such. The maternal aunt recalled that the maternal grandmother hated any china bearing a pattern………..um?
We resorted to Mother Internet. She held the answer. These Enoch Wedgwood Liberty Blue dishes were given away at A & P grocery stores to honor the U.S. bi-centennial in 1976. Yes, I had actually heard the word Wedgwood somewhere at least! It was then I recalled that the paternal grandma was a serious celebrant of the bi-centennial, having tediously crocheted two king-sized flag coverlets. Apparently she shopped at A & P frequently in 1976 and never told her family.
At last our dining room found its sentimental meaning.
I was especially impressed with a blue and white set of china that a friend assisted me in displaying on my, oh I don’t really know its name but it sits atop the very old buffet of my mother. As I tried to describe it to others I remembered such antique words as “spode” and “toile”, whatever they meant.
As our admiration for the mysterious china grew, we chose it as the theme of my daughter’s new dining room. We purchased classic toile blue and white valences and I sewed a door curtain sporting a stylish blue braided tassel.
I began questioning both sides of my family to understand the meaning of such valuable legacies.
The paternal grandparent relatives had no recollection of grandma ever owning such. The maternal aunt recalled that the maternal grandmother hated any china bearing a pattern………..um?
We resorted to Mother Internet. She held the answer. These Enoch Wedgwood Liberty Blue dishes were given away at A & P grocery stores to honor the U.S. bi-centennial in 1976. Yes, I had actually heard the word Wedgwood somewhere at least! It was then I recalled that the paternal grandma was a serious celebrant of the bi-centennial, having tediously crocheted two king-sized flag coverlets. Apparently she shopped at A & P frequently in 1976 and never told her family.
At last our dining room found its sentimental meaning.
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