I inherited my grandmother’s good china, from her first wedding (?) a while ago, and I wish I had some real use for it. I’d always been told it was “Mother’s Aynsley”, and assumed that was true, but upon unpacking it all today, out of curiosity, I realized that was incorrect. Some if it is Aynsley (that’s the dishes with the red to the edge), but some of it is called Wendover (the dishes with a cream outer band). And there are 2 tea saucers called Limoges (white with a gold leaf print band). So, I was wrong, Em, I thought it was all Limoges.
Makes me wish I had dinner parties.
One of the tea cups didn’t survive, which is sad, and another looked like it had broken and been glued back together by a blind person. I liked looking at the newspaper everything was wrapped in, from 1991 and 1993, and found a couple crosswords to fill in, AND an article about comic book artists in Toronto, my old favourites, Joe Matt, Chester Brown and
Gubby always referred to it as her “Aynsley” but at some point needed to fill in some pieces and found the pattern no longer existed so added the best match she could find. This will explain the difference. The Limoge saucers belonged to your great grandmother, Ida Margaret Henderson/Knight and they go with the set I’ve got here – guess they just got mixed up with the other china somehow.
Let’s use the Limoge at Thanksgiving. xo
You know, that would be nice. Or we could use your wedding dishes, they are nice too.
Also, maybe I can bring that china to you at that time.