Tea Cup Tuesday #18

I was a candidate for TCA (Tea Cup Anonymous) when I finally conquered my addiction. I was doing well until I met Tea Cup Tuesdays and fell into a (tea) pot of desire again! Everyone’s tea cups, tea pots, and lovely food presentations made me hunger for the hunt again. I had never heard of Ansely marks and so many of your lovely cups were of that maker. So I struck out last Tuesday afternoon to our local flea market to see if I could find one. No, I didn’t, but there was an abundance of cups in the booths now. I was up and down the aisles for 90 minutes; I got so tired I couldn’t go anymore! But I did not leave until I toted out a bag full of finds.

The first thing was this Spode Tower plate. Although I am Blue Willow person, I love any blue and whites. I was totally smitten by the depth of this blue. The tag said it was flow blue. but I am not sure. I just loved the shade.

I found this delicate cup with a mark saying Mignon and it looks like that was a popular china maker in the 1880’s. I could not find the pattern name; if anyone recognizes it, I would appreciate knowing the name.

I also got a great price on this Winnie the Pooh set. I normally don’t choose this kind of tea pot even though I think they are sweet. I have to have some kind of guideline and try to force myself to stay with florals or solid colors. But oh my, I thought the flower garden that Pooh and friends were frolicking in around the tea pot’s bottom just made this theme tea pot a must have. I can always hope that some day I might share a pot and a Pooh story with a grandchild or two.

And one last thing from this week was this little pink perk from a friend. She gave it to me as a thank you gift for helping her with her mother's 90th birthday celebration. It is a mini cup but a sweet one.