Thursday 17 October 2013

Beautiful Gift

I've got some beautiful vintage china to show you today and for once its not from a charity shop.


This lovely set once belonged to hubby's grandmother.  It was passed onto my sister in law who, knowing how much I loved this sort of thing, decided to give me half.  Wasn't that very kind of her!  I will pass it onto one of my sons ... one day.


 
I wonder if it may be a coffee set rather than a tea set - the cups are straight sided and so delicate.

 
There's a beautiful little flower inside the cup.

 
It is marked "Burns Bros".  Anyone know anything about them?


Love, Liz

17 comments:

September Violets said...

What a beautiful set of china. And so kind of your SIL to share the set. I've been absent from your blog for a long time, but have been catching up with some reading, and was surprised to see you've just been here to Toronto! (I live just outside of Toronto) I'm so glad you enjoyed your stay and were able to bask in the warm sunshine we've been having this fall. Wendy x

Erna said...

Beautiful china Liz, I wonder if it's Scottish...Burns Bros ???
Hugs
Erna x

Curtise said...

Yes, that is indeed a very pretty set, what a nice thing for your sister-in-law to do. xxx

Curtains in My Tree said...

I agree that is a beautiful set of dishes and it belonging to family always makes it more special

GardenOfDaisies said...

What a sweet SIL to share half with you!! It's very elegant.

Mum said...

Lucky you.
Love from Mum
xx

Anne said...

Dont know anything about that particular china but its beautiful to look at. Lucky you!

sky-blu-pink said...

How gorgeously opulent! What a pleasure to have morning coffee and posh biscuit with this lovely set!

Rose H (UK) said...

I know just how precious family pieces are Liz. How lovely that your SIL shared with you, a delightful set to be proud of :o)
Rose H
xx

Connie said...

So beautiful. There is a hip hop group called the Burns Bros. Somehow I don't think they have anything to do with this china.

Robyn of Oz said...

Wow! How generous of her to share it with you! My great aunt nicked all her mum's china when she passed away. Pity that great grandpa was still alive. And, of course; she knew nothing about it!
I agree with you, I reckon it is for coffee, judging by the size of the cups. It truly is an exquisite set with its sumptuous decoration. Nice.

Sharon said...

Very nice x

Amanda Peters said...

You need to have afternoon Tea with cake and use them at least once...all the trimmings.

sweetpea family said...

I love vintage china x

Little Nell said...

An exquisite set. I wonder why the apostrophe in Burn's Bros.

Claire said...

oh its so lovely, and my maiden name is Burn :)

Anonymous said...

It's an absolutely stunning set! Soooo nice of you SIL to share with you. That says a lot about her and how much she loves you.. xox