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I know it is trying to be Spring, and we just had 4" of snow last night. I still have a touch of winter and some fun YellowWare on my Buffet.
After the holidays, I put this sort of wintery yet social grouping of beer steins, pitchers, blue glass and the wood German Draught Wagon together.
Last computer update lost the little erase tool for my photos...ugh! So cords will be present. I love the old Silver plate pitcher. (I'll share the big vase in the corner sometime after I find out more information about it.)
The Six steins are YELLOW WARE...HULL from the 1920's. They are substantial and in pretty good shape for 100 years old.
The Hull Pitcher that matches is huge and gorgeous...
full relief of an Alpine Beerfest all around.
I accented this area with my porcelain mustard pot and a shaker in brass. You just know all those people on the steins are enjoying sausages and mustard with their Beer.
The steins have pewter tops, some are from the 70's and some from the 40's. I haven't found the wooden Draught Wagon with the little figures and mules...I know it's from Germany and probably from the 50-60's.
Behind the wagon is a wooden maid figure, dressed much like the people in the steins.
The cookie tin has an Alpine theme...and snow covered mountains.
The only break from the Alpine theme, are my Royal Copenhagen/Bing Grondahl Mama and cubs Polar Bears. I think Polar Bears are my spirit animal, so I really like to keep her visible at least through our long winter.
To balance out this side are two glass candlesticks and a blue Vase. Another stein and another yellow ware HULL stein. The silver plate coffee pot I discovered earlier as an India version of a Sheffield teapot probably made for the military stationed in India.
Meanwhile Our lives have been consumed for 5-6 months with repairing, moving, fixing stuff for selling the executorship house. It is sold, and hopefully the closing will be by next week. All I can say about it, if you are 50 or over...UPDATE and clarify your wills, NOW! Don't leave a disaster behind you, double check everything, and ask questions, have a good, NO, an EXCELLENT attorney taking care of it.
Phew!... enough about that. I hope to get some home decorating done by next week, but in the meantime I am relishing in my artwork, maybe 3-4 hours a week. Now to post the Paintings and Plants...for my sanity sake.
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Sandi
I hear you on the wills and all. I'm glad we have our plans in place but it has been a bit since we dug into them and I realized that some things have changed in distributions, now that people on the receiving end are older. Your arrangements are lovely!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jeanie. It's been a nightmare...we finally sold the house so bills can be paid and the car that had to sit since August could be moved and paid off. A dead person can't insure a car, and a live one can't insure it either until it's cleared by the court. We couldn't touch it or put insurance on it...until it was paid off..crazy and there wasn't enough money to pay everything. We paid utilities and housepayments out of our bank account for almost 6 months..and finally got reimbursed, all because the power of attorney wasn't done properly. I think that is the most important thing...or your hands are tied until the state clears the will, which takes quite a while, we finally got paperwork in February. So Yes, we are redoing our wills NOW. Hugs, Sandi
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