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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Ironstone Find and Hydrangea


It's always fun spending the day with a good friend,
strolling through antique shops,
and enjoying lunch at a quaint small town diner.

Such was the day when I came across my newest find, this ironstone soup tureen with ladle.

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I like the size of this tureen, not too small or too large.

So often the ladle is the first to be broken and then the lid, so it's always nice when the tureen has all its pieces.

Even better is when the price is right...and it was!

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My hydrangea bush is in full bloom so I picked a few to enjoy indoors.  I love the range of colors on this bush; light pink, dark pink and purplish-blue...such a beautiful flower!

I added a couple sprigs from the asparagus fern for a little texture and placed the arrangement in a blue Ball jar.


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My new find has a home on the cupboard in the keeping room.

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Found any treasures lately?


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18 comments:

  1. Gorgeous set! And those flowers are simply beautiful. Always great pics!
    Judy @ judypimperl.blogspot.com

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  2. Hi Cindy - definitely a lucky find. The green looks pretty, paired with your gorgeous hydrangeas. Jane

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  3. Lovely flowers. Our two hydrangea plants aren't doing too well this year due to all the rain. I'll just have to admire yours!

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  4. Love, love, LOVE the ironstone paired with the hydrangeas! Gorgeous pics!

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  5. The ironstone tureen and hydrangeas are so pretty....gorgeous vignette!

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  6. Great find Cindy and your hydrangea clippings look so pretty! Love the photo of the vignette you created on your counter with the scale in the background...beautiful!!

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  7. So pretty! Every time I see a collection of iron stone, it reminds me that I should get some.The hydrangea vignette is beautiful with the blue jar and the scale in the background.

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  8. Beautiful soup tureen Cindy! Love the hydrangeas! I can't wait till mine start blooming hopefully in a few weeks:)

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  9. Love the hydrangeas! Haven't found any treasures in ages, haven't been looking. No place left to put anything.

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  10. Nice tureen! I love the size of that AND that fact it still had its ladle. I have a tiny ironstone collection and just love it. Oh... love that scale in the background!
    GADawn57

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  11. A wonderful addition to your grouping on the cupboard in the keeping room. I'm drawn to ironstone tureens. I think I have the twin to yours. These ironstone tureens display so beautifully, and are great containers for serving or for just holding flowers or other things. Great find!

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  12. Beautiful! I love Ironstone, and each piece I find I am sooo tempted to keep. {as an antique dealer, it's a constant battle} The tureens are so lovely to display, and they are so handy for food service too. I love that yours has the ladle, that is difficult to find these days.

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  13. Cindy,
    This soup tureen with its ladle is a perfect companion piece to your collection, dear friend!!!
    Gorgeous blooms from your Garden!!!
    I adore the texture and lightness of the addition of asparagus fern within your arrangement!!!
    Fondly,
    Pat

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  14. perfection ... hydrangeas ... ironstone ... and that great scale hiding in the back!

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  15. Cindy,
    The soup tureen and the hydrangea are both beautiful!!

    Hugs,
    Deb

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  16. Love the soup tureen and have always loved hydrangea's. Lovely addition to your lovely home.

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  17. I am swooning over both...tureen and hydrangeas! Sheila

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  18. Very pretty...I can't wait for mine to bloom!!!

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