Sometimes I wish I could just rewind the clock back to the old days with my loved ones and press pause . . . just for a little while.
Oh yes, for just one day! I would spend it with both of my grandmothers who have passed. My paternal grandmother passed on Morther’s Day 1988 and my maternal grandmother in April 2003.
I would prepare a dinner and use my fine china. – china that was given to me by my maternal grandmother The fine silverware belonged to my paternal grandmother. The silverware was given to my dad recently by his brother, Guy Fuller. My dad gave then gave it to me.
My mom’s mother, Dorothy Mae Millsap Gregory, gave me my Diane fine porcelain China with the tiny blue rose pattern when my husband Randy and I married on June 14, 1980. She purchased a complete service for eight with all of the serving bowls. She purchased one to two pieces at a time each week that she bought groceries at the Safeway Grocery store in Anson, Texas.
Diane is a pattern of porcelain dishes made by Wade Fine China of Japan. The pattern was produced in the 1970s and has been retired, as of 2014. The Diane pattern includes a light-blue floral design with beige-and-silver accents. The Wade Group of Potteries began in the 1800s in England, according to World View. This 46-piece set was sold as a promotional item throughout small-town grocery store chains. If you need pieces for a missing set China Replacements
The Cat’s Meow in Midland, Texas not only sells China, but they also buy China, http://The Cat’s Meow so if you are one of those people who has inherited a nice set of China, but you are only storing it and know you will never use it, Saying No Thanks to China, Steven Porterfield, owner of the antique shop, The Cat’s Meow, could be the perfect source to give your China a good home. http://The Cat’s Meow.
For me, vintage/antiques are special because of the history. Every piece has a story that has already been written (not usually on paper) and we are blessed if we are able to rewind the clock and know the story.
The Wm. Rogers 52-piece service for eight silver-plated silverware set was purchased in 1953 at Kent County Supply in Jayton, Texas.
As the story was told to me by my uncle, Guy Fuller, the family was blessed with an exceptional cotton crop in Kent County, Texas in 1952. After the cotton was sold, Guy and his father, Jake Fuller, visited the local hardware store in Jayton, Texas where the two spotted the April pattern of the Wm. Rogers silver-plated 52-piece luxury silverware set in a wooden case with blue-green velvet lining.
”My father took me to town with him and we went to Mr. Kellet’s hardware store. I was 7 years old and I noticed a silverware set on top of a display case. The wooden case, lined with blue-green velvet cloth, was open and it was on sale for $20. The original price read $39.95” Guy said. “I asked my father to buy it for my mother and he did. Mother used it on holidays and for special occasions.
Those special occasions included the times I visited as a child.
Each time we visited, my grandmother, Nellie Allpress Fuller, had already set the table with her fine china and silverware. She had anxiously waited for us to arrive and out she would come onto her front porch with her thin silver hair pulled back into a bun and wearing a dress with an apron tied onto it.
I can still smell freshly brewed tea, and see a pile of golden brown, light bread buns fresh out of the oven, sitting in the center of the table. I can see my grandmother taking the arm roast (always an arm roast because it was the most tender) out of the oven. The kitchen was tiny with just a bit of walking room
The rectangular-shaped wooden table expanded to become huge when it was pulled out from the wall with all 6 chairs surrounding it and the extra leaves added.
Today though, if I could rewind the clock, it would just be the three of us at the table – no need to pull the table out or add any leaves. We would pick up where we had left off, fill in the time gap, and talk about whatever.
Yes, sometimes I wish I could just rewind the clock back to the old days with my loved ones and press pause . . . just for a little while.
Nostalgia – I suppose this is why vintage and antique items bring back memories that become special to us. – that sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations.
I plan to keep these treasures in the family and pass them on to my children or grandchildren someday.
What about you? Do you have a similar story? If so, I would love to hear it.
