Blue Transferware & The Gift

Hello again from The French Hens Nest!

  In 1987 I moved to a rural area near New Bern, NC. It is mostly farmland, and homes are about a mile apart. After feeling isolated for awhile I attended the little church at the end of my road and discovered a friend from high school in the 3rd row!  It turned out that she lived less than a mile from me through the trees.  We rekindled our friendship and many visits back and forth began.  



In her dining room she had two built in china cabinets. In one she had a complete service for 12 of Masons Vista in pink and in the other she had a complete service  for 12 of Masons Vista in blue!  

I was surprised since she only liked very modern things in general.  She told me that her aunt married a US serviceman and he was stationed in England.  They lived there for many years and she had collected all the pieces for both sets of ironstone.  My friend confided that she didn't really love either set but her mother had given it to her and she felt obligated to display it. 











She could tell by my reaction I admired it and thought she was crazy for not loving it! 

Several years went by and her mother died and I moved about 50 miles away to Greenville.  One day she called me out of the blue and told me she was moving as well and did I want the blue transferware set?  I told her I really could not afford it (knowing it's value) and she replied that it would be a gift since she knew how much I had liked it. 

I was amazed at her generosity and said of course I wanted it and thank you, thank you, thank you!

After acquiring the set, I soon divorced (nothing to do with the dishes!) and had to move, went to landscaping school and moved, lived with two of my sisters and my mother (moved, moved, moved) and moved to Raleigh to be near my daughter.  I remarried 4 years ago and we bought a house and moved in!  I think we will be here for a long while.  I'm tired of moving.

In 3 sizes

 On all of these moves, I brought the 7 boxes of transferware along to keep it in a climate controlled environment (my closet).  Once a year I would unpack it and wash it to moisten it so it would not dry out and crackle too much. Finally, last weekend we bought a CHINA CABINET from SA! (That's another post.) Now my blue Masons Vista has it's own home!

So I got my hubby to get all of the boxes down and I started unpacking.

...and unpacking

...and unpacking

Small tureen

Cute little jam jars

 

Medium tureen

Now, that's a teapot!

Large tureen

 

And now my Masons Vista Blue transferware finally has  a home.

It's own home!

It is so pretty.

China cabinet needs work but that will be fun...

There were some casualties though.  Two large nesting bowls were broken but I didn't grieve their loss. Although I do love my transferware, I always remember my REAL treasure is waiting for me in Heaven!  But while I'm here I will treasure my friendship with Pat and spend many sweet moments at my china cabinet arranging and re-arranging my beautiful gift from a friend. Thanks again Pat.



Peace to all!

Linda

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