I inherited that set, from my mother who received it from an aunt  along with another set having yellow roses, but porcelain. It is Royal Doulton with the yellow roses.

Sachiko, such a beautiful tea setting and you couldn't have chosen better with your choice of Royal Albert tea plates......I too remember these photos.....

I too have a fondness of roses, we had roses at our old home, but I don't see any here in our new home....maybe time to plant one or two....

angelface, Vanilla-Jackie, thank you very much.

I also cooked rose jam in 2014 and in 2013. I serve it in different tableware each.

All the dish patterns are pretty, but I especially like the Nympenburg pattern.  I like the simple and delicate pattern.

So many lovely patterns. When I was young and when I was growing up, everyone it seemed, collected sets of china, or in some cases, simply beautiful teacups.

Does anyone remember why cups were shaped as they were? Teacups were wide to cool the beverage while coffee cups were narrow to save the heat.

"Originally hot chocolate was a breakfast drink made from unsweetened chocolate mixed with cream, a mix beaten into a thick paste. Just before serving, sugar and hot frothy milk were added. To accommodate demand, in the second half of the eighteenth century the morning chocolate cup was larger than a coffee cup or teacup.

However, the thick paste was slow to pour, and at social affairs in the afternoon, hot chocolate was served in small narrow cups about 3 inches in height by 2 ½ inches in diameter. The companion saucer measured approximately 4 inches across."

I spent twelve enjoyable  years working in an import-export shop and learned not only about cup styles, but also the difference between china and porcelain. And  how to tell the porcelain's country of origin by the amount of gold used.

Crimson Glory is my favourite rose. I have always had a allergy to most flowers from being a Child. Makes it so hard for me. Can't have them in my house or close on the outside. Can't go into funeral homes or churches if a wedding. So now can find the Silk flowers that are so real looking. However for my birthday one year a friend bought and planted for me a Crimson Glory rose bush at the end of my front yard. 35 ft away. It seemed to be dead for about 5 years after the first bloom. Now this year it is just beautiful , full of blooms. Never has anything done to it.

Jean, angelface, JeanneP, thank you very much for your comments. I enjoy my tea break with each set.
Unfortunately, my Crimson Glory died. I must bring it up once again.

Sachiko, they have a new Photo Challenge   "Singing in the rain"  Now it is for photos not video but once again I just took a look at the video you made of drawings, to the music Singing in the rain, it was excellent.  You might post the link in the slideshow discussion.

Jack, thank you very much about my video of “Singing in the rain”.
It was about five years ago that I made the video of “Sachiko’s Singing in the Rain”, and I looked for my site and Vimeo site and at last was able to find it. I posted the link in the slideshow discussion.

Sachiko, that is a wonderful collection, and I am sure they remind you of your travels.   You, no doubt, have many photos and slide shows that you seldom view but when you come across one it also brings back the memories.   

Sachiko, such beautiful tea sets.  I have a few teapots that I collected over the years, no cups, just the teapots.  And I don't drink much tea!

Mary Ann

Beautiful tea pots sets.  I, too, love pretty china ware.  I have several sets of dishes packed away that were my mother's and they are real pretty designs.  I should get them out and try to sell them or see if my grand daughter would like either of them.  The younger generation just do not seem to like china or silverware.  I also have a complete set of Stieff silverward with service for 12, with several serving pieces that they do not make anymore.  None of my 3 sons or their wives are that interested in them.  Someday, somebody will have to decide what to do with them. 

Thanks for sharing your collection, Sachiko.

Joy

Joy, I have a similar problem.  I bought my silver when a 6-piece setting cost $27.50.  Today a 4-piece setting is over $100.  I used to use it occasionally, but don't now.  When Norm was in Germany, he sent me some china dishes, service for 8.  I already had my folks' china that they had received as a wedding present in 1922.  That set is not complete but it does extend my good china.  I am going to let the family decide after I am gone.  I've tried to make a list of all family things so my family will know the history of what they are disposing of!

Mary Ann

When I worked at Xanadu, which was both an Alaskan art gallery and import-export store, I purchased many paintings, (actually prints, but some are signed by the artists), and Russian porcelain sets and Lomonosove animal figures and of course the netsukes and nesting dolls. I also purchased on layaway, some large Italian music boxes and many, many, many pairs of earrings.

All of that is gone now, sold long ago except for the china, earrings, and prints. This summer, I will finally be donating all my work clothes and costume jewelry to a shop for those needing such on low incomes. The china will be sold because it is not used and I have no one to give it too. I'm at the age where so much is just stored and perhaps someone, somewhere may make use of it.

The paintings, 23 in total are too personal to me and I will leave that to others to decide. I remember my mother's varied collections she treasured, but we did not and my father's vast tool collection. It was hard for the three of us to go through and decide and I do not want that for those who come after.

I won't have that problem anymore: the thieves that broke in last summer took all my mother's jewelry as well as my collection of earrings.  I had left only the pair I was wearing and the few I had given Illy.

I don't have any silverware, and just two valuable paintings.

I am so sorry!

I had a break in over 40 years now, but I still remember the simple, senseless vandalism and my missing television! It turned out to be teenagers and I received my TV back after three months saying the parents had sent them out of state and it was worth more than the robberies to go after them . That to me was another robbery.

Sachiko, I enjoyed seeing your collection.  Such pretty tea sets.

Good morning!

Jack, Mary Ann, Joy, angelface, bubble, Jean, thank you very much for your comments.
I have some tableware for Tea and the coffee. But tableware for the Japanese tea is different each in Japan, and I have toward a lot more.
I am very glad that I have everybody watch this video thanks to suggestion of Jack.

This seems to be the place for a few Landscapes so I thought I would post a couple from our 15,030 mile camping trip last Summer. This is looking down through Yosemite Vally to the Half Dome. Sort of spoke to us, at the rime. Which there never is enough of.

J R that is special, welcome to Seniors.  Also just took a look at your bird photo, both photos are great and like the frames.

Great photo, Johnny! 

J R WEEMS, wonderful photo! And splendid mountain! I climbed Japanese mountains, Swiss Alpine mountains and the Himalayan mountains, but, as for me, mind to climb on this mountain does not get up.

Welcome, J.R.  Beautiful photo of Half-Dome.  It brought back lovely memories of when I was a teen and visited Yosemite with my parents.  It is a very special place.

I agree, Sachiko.  I like to look at the mountains but the thought of climbing them never enters my mind. 

JR great mountain photo, what what a steep face it has. I shudder to  even think someone would try to climb it.
Welcome to S&F!

If these great mountains could talk, what a story they would tell.....

Terrific photo, J.R.!

I must have a collection of at least 35 Teapots as have collected them for over 65 years. Most have come from UK. Also have my mums china horses. 100year and more along with my Aunts collection  of Brass things again over a 100 years. Have some Japanese rice bowls a set of 6 with the china spoon. These from 1890s and also some Enoch Woods  plates going back to 1749 according to date stamp. Have  small clock under a globe from 1700s also. Works good but has a key so you wind it 24 hours I believe. To much trouble. Now these I would like to be able to take back to UK for the museum in my home town. But the Museum here in this town have some of the same plates only theirs done by the son of the one did mine so  dated 1780. They would like to have them. When it comes to silverware. China  from the past 70 years here in the US. No one will buy it from you anymore. Prices really low. Antique shops won't even take it.  Have some Teak wood African Carvings that would be a easy sell but Grandson will take it and my Beer Steins I have collected.
My daughters. Granddaughter none are interested in any thing older than pretty current years. I get sad when I looks at all the things I have enjoyed collecting .But have to just think that had pleasure of doing it.
Bubble. Sad to hear that yours were taken.  I think if anyone broke into my place they would not take the old but just the Tech stuff that they can sell right away. Such a lot of break ins here but my area not been bothered.  One house and he was a gun collector. Had about 25 but I think it was a grandson that had friends do that breakin.

A visitor under my Cleveland Pear tree.  We have several running around, hope they like Cicada's

Nice photo, Jack.  How did you get him (or her) to pose?

Jean I took that photo standing on the patio, probably 25 feet away.  Used the Zoom on the camera.  The photo was not cropped or adjusted, the camera did good.  I did take several steps in his/her direction but it took off running.