Monday, July 4, 2011

Mantlepiece Monday .. lets start at the beginning ..

As I said last week, our mantlepiece is very long,  it is over the Gas Heater, right along the wall with a bookcase.  So, I'll show you it bit by bit, it rarely ever changes, it is where Vic likes to keep his favourite pieces of old Doulton Lambeth Stoneware.
Above this lot is a lovely old illustration of the Cambridge and Oxford Boat race, held annually on the Thames at Putney.
First up a 3 handled loving cup with Rowing Scenes all around (1882), then a Seated Toby match holder(1920), next a tall jug with applied decorations of Men Playing Cricket (1882), and finally a very early, 1820s-30s large Mug with very simple incised decorations.

Vic is originally from Putney in London and we do collect a lot of things, postcards and letters mainly, from Putney.

I'm linking up with Fortune Favours the thrifty... sharing all our mantlepiece decorations, each Monday.
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4 comments:

  1. EstelleJuly 4, 2011 at 4:29 PM

    A three handled 'loving cup', how positively scandalous! I love old stoneware pottery,
    . There's often so much symbolism and urban myth around old mugs, why is that do you think?

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  2. carole johnstonJuly 4, 2011 at 4:57 PM

    Well thats a great start,can't wait to see the rest.

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  3. KittyJuly 4, 2011 at 7:56 PM

    Ah-ha, I always had wondered where your ebay name came from!

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  4. MaxJuly 5, 2011 at 10:48 AM

    I love stonewear too, so earthy, and will last about 5,000 years or so!

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