Tag Archives: Tea Cup Tuesday

Tea Cup Tuesday – Commemorative V E Day 8th May 1945

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

Today is the 67th Anniversary of V. E. Day. This mug was produced in Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the event. What I love about this mug is the emotion displays on the faces of the people shown. This … Continue reading →

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Tea Cup Tuesday – Charlton Ware

Posted on March 6, 2012 by

I have had the following mug about 30 years and was given this by a friend. It hangs from the beam in our kitchen & breakfast rooms, memories of my teenage years. This mug was part of the “walking range” … Continue reading →

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Tea Cup Tuesday – A Different Shaving Mug

Posted on February 28, 2012 by

This weekend marks, what would have been my Grandfather’s 112th birthday. In my kitchen breakfast room there hangs, on some beams a series of mugs & cups. Nothing especially spectacular about any of them, but they each have a story to tell. … Continue reading →

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Tea Cup Tuesday – Millennium Mug 2000

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

Following on from last week’s Tea Cup Tuesday mug. Made from the same pottery and probably purchased from the same shop locally. This is a lovely addition to my Millennium collection. As I am sure there was the world over, … Continue reading →

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Tea Cup Tuesday – Total Eclipse August 1999

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

In my kitchen breakfast room I have a couple of beams. I can’t recall exactly when, but at some point in the past we had hooks placed into the beams and then I have hung mugs and cups from them. … Continue reading →

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Tea Cup Tuesday – Santa’s Around the World

Posted on January 17, 2012 by

A few weeks ago I wrote my collection of Spode Santa mugs. You can read about that HERE. As I said in that post I was missing two from the set; Santa’s of Germany and Russia. I was delighted then … Continue reading →

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Tea Cup Tuesday – Royal Commemoratives

Posted on January 10, 2012 by

There is not a lot I can tell you about this commemorative. It was produced for the reign of King George V and Queen Mary 1910 – 1935. There are no marking on the bottom. The only patten there is, … Continue reading →

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Tea Cup Tuesday – Commemorative for the Future

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

During the lead up to Christmas I took part in the Virtual Advent Tour hosted by Marg of Intrepid Reader. I loved taking part and am still reading the posts others submitted – with all these great blogs and posts it is a … Continue reading →

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Tea Cup Tuesday – Tri-Handled Cup

Posted on December 27, 2011 by

This little beauty is a fairly recent purchased to accompany my Guildford and District collection. This first photograph shows the front of the cup complete with the coat of arms for my home town. Guildford is in Surrey England. The … Continue reading →

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Tea Cup Tuesday – Santa’s Around the World

Posted on December 20, 2011 by

A few years ago, I stumbled across a rather nice set of mugs made by Spode. Each Christmas, from 1998 until 2004, Spode released one mug featuring a Santa from a different Country. Here they are in more detail – … Continue reading →

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