On 2017-04-23 11:52 AM, graham wrote:
> On 2017-04-23 9:05 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>
>>>
>> I haven't paid much attention to that show so I don't know who Hettie is.
>>
>> These are the tea cups I have sitting out now. I've swapped them out
>> over the years... got a whole box of them, all nicely wrapped in old
>> dish rags. LOL
>>
>> https://s10.postimg.org/4bz7wz7dl/teacups.jpg
>>
>> The pink striped cup with the deep saucer in the middle is my great
>> grandfather's Musache cup. LOL
>>
>> I like the polka dot green cup and saucer off to the left. It's
>> whimsicle.
>>
>> Jill
> A cousin of my Mother bought this set of tea cups and saucers for her
> when he was in Japan in the 1930s. They were always in a cabinet at home
> and never used. It turned out that my Mother hated them! As a child they
> fascinated me because if you hold up a cup to the light, it reveals a
> portrait of a young Japanese woman in the bottom of the cup. They must
> have impressed that young cousin. They are very delicate but still in
> new condition. I suppose I'll give them to one of my grand-daughters one
> day - but they'll probably not be interested!
>
> https://postimg.org/image/49nql1ft3/
>
> Graham
Sorry for the quality of the picture.