I'm having a blue day

It has been a blue day for me today and I've had great fun photographing a selection of my blue and white china and other bits and pieces. This activity was all due to being totally inspired by Rhondi's blue and white china so lovingly and artistically displayed in her beautiful home, see her blog Rose Colored Glasses. Like Rhondi, I adore blue and white china and have been an avid collector for many years. Some of it is antique (display only) but the remainder is dishwasher proof and gets thrown around quite a bit. I don't really have any favourite pieces but perhaps the piece with the most 'history' is the Tek Sing bowl. This was part of a huge cargo of porcelain salvaged from the sea bed in the South China Sea in 1999. The Tek Sing was a Chinese junk that sank in 1822 and unbelievably much of the porcelain remained intact and undamaged for almost 200 years. This little bowl would have quite a tale to tell.

1.Sundry china 2.Cup & saucer (1890s) 3.China cupboard
4.Mason's Ironstone jug and Staffordshire figure
5.Delft charger (1760s) 6.Blue glass
7.Dutch Delft houses and Swedish wooden painted horses
8.Bowl from the Tek Sing cargo 9.Another china cupboard
10.Toy sewing machine 11.Reference books
12.Millennium calendar plate 13.Stoneware jug
14.Snowdrop print 15.Teapot, tea bowl and plate C1760
16.Miniature Dutch Delft tiles and clogs

Well, I've had great fun as you can see but haven't done a lot of chores today so I'd better make up for lost time.   

Comments

[Michele]

A beautiful collection.. I have always loved blue and white having grown up surrounded by my mother's vast collection of Delft, Chinese Delft, Spode etc.. I was lucky enough to inherit some of her collection and it brings me great joy!

[rhondi]

I love love love your collage! You have lots of beautiful blue things and I see that we have a few similar pieces.
Rhondi xo