We inherited these three beautiful plates – the pretty orange tree one, commemorating the birth of a Dutch Princess, Julianna, from a Dutch Uncle on my other half’s side of the family, the Gwennap Church one from my folks who lived in Sunny Corner near Gwennap and the Susie Cooper one from my Granny.
Julianna born 30th April 1909
The bell tower stands away from the Church and is very unusual
Susie Cooper hors d’oeuvre dish
grandfathersky
November 11, 2015 at 1:11 am
Gorgeous art …
Charlie@Seattle Trekker
November 10, 2015 at 9:11 pm
Wonderful to have special family artifacts that tell the stories of your relatives.
nrhatch
November 9, 2015 at 11:07 pm
Do you use them? I have some old plates from my Great Aunt that are wonderful for serving cookies for “tea.”
I love that “3D” Susie Cooper dish! I can imagine using it for strawberries with sugar for dipping in the center. Or for veggies and dip. Or for assorted nuts and nibbles. Or for fruit with chocolate fondue in the center. Can you tell it’s almost my dinner time?
mybeautfulthings
November 10, 2015 at 7:24 am
Actually we don’t! We just look at them on the dresser as I couldn’t bear for them to get broken……. I love all your thoughts on how to make use of the Susie Cooper! My favourites are the ones with fruit and fondue! 🙂