Fall cottages & tea

Hello everyone!  I can't believe it is already the second Monday in November!  Soon it will be time for Christmas posts (my favorite time of the year), but not quite yet.  First, I have a  fall tea that I have been really looking forward to sharing with everyone.

These dark days of autumn rain,

Are beautiful as days can be;

She loves the bare, the withered tree;
   She walks the sodden pasture lane. 

Not yesterday I learned to know,

the love of bare November days
Before the coming of the snow,

And they are better for her praise.

~Selections (slightly rearranged) from My November Guest by Robert Frost       

 



 I finally got out on my deck again!  Of course, the trees have almost lost their leaves, but you can still get the idea.  I've been saving my cottage set for fall because I think colors are perfect, down to the leaves changing color over the cottage door.

This set was my grandmother's (my dad's mom's).  My mom thought that it might even have belonged to my great-grandmother before her.  As you can see I have the sugar "outbuilding" with a thatched roof lid:

 

A small creamer:

 

and here is a better look at the cottage itself.

 

.  I really like the detail, down to the two windows in the back and the vines growing up the house.  The lid is another thatched roof, with a little chimney serving as the "knob" on the top.

 

This set is by Price Bros and is made in England.  I looked up the mark on the back, and it dates to between 1934 to 1961.    

 

 I'm using a very special luncheon set for this tea.  These amber dishes are depression glass and they belonged to my great-grandmother on my dad's side.  My grandmother gave them to my mom after she married my father.   I've tried to look them up on the internet, but I'm still not sure what the pattern is called or who was the maker.

I only have two settings on the table, but I have a full service for 6 in these dishes, plus an extra two sets of the plate and saucer.  Here is a closer look at the cup and saucer, with pretty edges:

Would you like a scone with your tea?  This is the matching sandwich tray to the set.  I also have a creamer and sugar that are not on the table (I figured the cottage ones were enough!).   

 

These are maple walnut...I'll share the recipe later this week. 

 

 



Thanks for stopping by!  I'm joining:

Tea Time Tuesday at Rose Chintz Cottage

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Bernideen's Friends Sharing Tea