Monday 20 June 2011

Magpie Monday


Welcome to my first Magpie Monday! I'm linking up with Missie Lizzie of Me and My Shadow who started Magpie Monday! I hope you'll pop over to her blog and see all the other link ups and 'Magpie finds'

So here is my Magpie find bought today in Scope charity shop


A beautiful little teaset! 6 perfect cups and saucers and a sugar bowl!


All for a fabulous £4!

And then I turned them over and looked at the bottom finding this...


I may be wrong but this looks like they were made in 1850! Made by Foley Fine China this design is called 'Ming Rose' and I have done a little research and found 1 cup and saucer on ebay selling for £19.50! 


This lovely design is inside the cups and the sugar bowl!

I can't wait to have my own home to display them in and maybe have a tea party in aid of Scope who helps people like my friend Anna who has Cerebral Palsy :-)

I wouldn't have looked twice at this set or maybe thought it was pretty but nothing more if I hadn't been reading my friend Karen's blog and all the lovely vintage bargains she finds! Thanks for the Inspiration Karen!

I hope you think my 'Magpie find' is as wonderful as I do! Hope to see you again soon


4 comments:

  1. Foley china for a song?!!

    That's a total steal, well done. It's so beautiful too, and such a lovely idea to have a charity tea party with it. That would be very fitting :0)

    Thanks so much for linking up, hope to see you again soon x

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  2. wow, what a bargain and it is a very beautiful set too :)

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  3. Teri, how totally gorgeous. What an amazing find and I love what you have done with your blog. Its so pretty.

    Thank you so much for the mention sweetie xxxx

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  4. Thank you all for your lovely comments and for stopping by :-)

    Karen I'm so glad you like my pretty blog! The fruits of my Photoshop course :-) xxx

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