The lightbox beneath is the only source in the room, Sal. And a piece of paper on top to bounce back. Glad that you like it. TSalsero wrote:Lit from beneath, but just room light above? Really stunning photos, Tim, and entirely appropriate to the classic lines of this beautiful cup. Congratulations and thanx!
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Bouncy bouncy. You are really a genius with images, dude. But as you say, they are your life! Thanks for sharing that life here.
I'll never forget your Magnum opus series of photos last May of your teapots. It really raised my level of understanding of yixing pots enormously.
I'll never forget your Magnum opus series of photos last May of your teapots. It really raised my level of understanding of yixing pots enormously.
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Here's my 2nd entry in the contest. This set is just for show and gets gentle treatment because the paint is thick (which creeps me out when trying to drink from it) and there are a few chips. But it's my fanciest and I had to show it here, too. 
Handpainted, cobalt blue wave on edges and foot of cup with gold flourishes, pattern inside the cup is identical to the saucer, outside of cup has blue and pink flowers that don't really show here (poor photo skills!). No discernable maker's mark.
Handpainted, cobalt blue wave on edges and foot of cup with gold flourishes, pattern inside the cup is identical to the saucer, outside of cup has blue and pink flowers that don't really show here (poor photo skills!). No discernable maker's mark.
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doK, that is a very unusual piece. I haven't seen henley around here lately, but I'd love to hear her take on it. Lots of the more ornate china from the turn of the century are blanks that individual artist have painted, either in single or in series. You see a lot of them on ebay, and I have a couple in my personal collection. They are often very delicate, and really look handpainted, the paint might be rough and "bumpy."
This hobby was pretty popular in the 80s for a time too, with "china painting" shops springing up all over the place.
Very few of these pieces have specific marks on them, either completely without makers mark, or with just a signature, or else original porcelain company, but no information about pattern.
Fun stuff.
This hobby was pretty popular in the 80s for a time too, with "china painting" shops springing up all over the place.
Very few of these pieces have specific marks on them, either completely without makers mark, or with just a signature, or else original porcelain company, but no information about pattern.
Fun stuff.
Geekgirl - To make it even more unusual, if you look closely around the violets & leaves in that cup and saucer, you can see a very faint pink-peachy color where some of the paint is slowly starting to leech into the white paint.
No idea how old it is. Like so many of our "treasures", it was found at a local antique/consignment shop.
No idea how old it is. Like so many of our "treasures", it was found at a local antique/consignment shop.
"Top off the tea... it lubricates the grey matter."
(Jerry Ledbetter, "Good Neighbors")
(Jerry Ledbetter, "Good Neighbors")
And finally, my 3rd entry.
Not as beautiful as my Royal Albert or Mikasa, but I couldn't NOT enter it. This is the cup I reach for when I need a bit of pampering - ever reliable Allerton, Pink Willow. (Technically it's Red Willow, but in person it looks a bit more pink.) Next to it in the photo are my sole pink willow plate and favorite Blue Willow teapot.
Fell in love with the Blue Willow pattern as a child when Mom would serve hot chocolate in blue willow mugs. For college graduation, my parents gave me a complete Blue Willow dinner service (& teapot!) with instructions that it was to be used every day ("Better to wear out than to rust out.")...29 years later it's still what I use every day. Over the years I've collected a number of odd pieces and recently have started thinning them out, but the Pink Willow cup and saucer remain ever dear to my heart.
Not as beautiful as my Royal Albert or Mikasa, but I couldn't NOT enter it. This is the cup I reach for when I need a bit of pampering - ever reliable Allerton, Pink Willow. (Technically it's Red Willow, but in person it looks a bit more pink.) Next to it in the photo are my sole pink willow plate and favorite Blue Willow teapot.
Fell in love with the Blue Willow pattern as a child when Mom would serve hot chocolate in blue willow mugs. For college graduation, my parents gave me a complete Blue Willow dinner service (& teapot!) with instructions that it was to be used every day ("Better to wear out than to rust out.")...29 years later it's still what I use every day. Over the years I've collected a number of odd pieces and recently have started thinning them out, but the Pink Willow cup and saucer remain ever dear to my heart.
"Top off the tea... it lubricates the grey matter."
(Jerry Ledbetter, "Good Neighbors")
(Jerry Ledbetter, "Good Neighbors")
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