Yep, lilacs. I have no clue where my mother got the variegated one, but it has the most gorgeous purple and white flowers. The other white and light purple ones are also lilacs.Salsero wrote:No better diet for a new cup than Shincha!Cinnamon Kitty wrote:Here are some better pictures of my new tea cup with some Fukamushi Sencha Supreme.
The cup is lovely, but what are the flowers? Lilacs? Even the one with white-edged petals?
My grandma has some of those! We called 'em the 'pudding bowls' because she always used them to make Jello pudding for us. Or dish out ice cream. Or fruit. Or candy. Basically anything sweet. I've got fond memories of those bowls.
If you google 'Anchor Hocking Milk Glass' you'll likely find some matching pieces.
If you google 'Anchor Hocking Milk Glass' you'll likely find some matching pieces.
That's so awesome! I actually found a few items that could be the exact same one I have although it seems like theres a large variety of sizes so I'll have to take measurements of mine and check it out further. I was curious as to what exactly it was made out of... Milk glass seems such an appropriate name, not to mention tea looks wonderful in it 
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We called them "custard dishes". They'd be great for tea because no one makes home made pudding or custard anymore! That particular one appears to be a heavier glass than what you would find today (at Wal-MartMary R wrote:My grandma has some of those! We called 'em the 'pudding bowls'
). How does it work for tea Poly M?
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Enough of all those monochrome, solemn, wabi-sabi chawans! Spring is here.
Check this out. It's supposed to be a Mashiko chawan. I've got my doubts about that - i.e. it could literally have been made in the town of Mashiko, but it certainly doesn't have the simple, rustic style beloved of Mashiko potters (Hamada Shoji and so forth). OK, it may arguably have a "country look", but - the colour palette isn't based on browns. It's all blue-lavender-pink pastels!
Maybe the seller simply meant mingei, i.e. that it's in a folkish style?
I don't know who made this, or when. This was bought about 3 years ago.
Check this out. It's supposed to be a Mashiko chawan. I've got my doubts about that - i.e. it could literally have been made in the town of Mashiko, but it certainly doesn't have the simple, rustic style beloved of Mashiko potters (Hamada Shoji and so forth). OK, it may arguably have a "country look", but - the colour palette isn't based on browns. It's all blue-lavender-pink pastels!
Maybe the seller simply meant mingei, i.e. that it's in a folkish style?
I don't know who made this, or when. This was bought about 3 years ago.
Its got a good weight to it. The entire thing has pretty thick walls which I love and stays quite cool even with steaming hot tea in there. Of course its not as nice as other ones (chamekke: that chawan looks BEAUTIFUL!) it deff serves its purpose well.augie wrote:We called them "custard dishes". They'd be great for tea because no one makes home made pudding or custard anymore! That particular one appears to be a heavier glass than what you would find today (at Wal-MartMary R wrote:My grandma has some of those! We called 'em the 'pudding bowls'
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I couldn't find a legible chop or signature on it, so I'd have to say No.MarshalN wrote:Is the piece signed?
Actually, I just found the original eBay auction info on it. Supposedly this was an estate find that was believed to date from the early 1960s. A couple of my more experienced tea mates thought that it was indeed Mashiko, so maybe I was talking through my hat about that being doubtful. It's just that I've never seen any Mashikoyaki on the Web that looked like this one!
Incidentally, the bidding at the time was rather brisk and I very nearly didn't win it, so there must be something about it. Me, I just liked the glaze
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It's awesome. If you're sick of it, I will take it off your hands, Chamekke. Wow, nice.
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Go drink your grass clippings & mind your own business.Chip wrote:Girly...with or without the OBO.henley wrote:Now this is my kinda teaware! It's beautiful & I love the color combination. Bet the OBO tastes even better in that cup!Victoria wrote:I never cared to own English teaware prior to your posting!! Oy!
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