A Tale of Two Teacups - Vintage Thingie Thursday

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I have not been joining Vintage Thingie Thursday much at all for the past couple of years, mostly because I think I've already shown nearly all my vintage thingies.

The other day I realized that what I love MOST about vintage thingies is the tale that goes with them, so I thought I'd "revisit" my vintage thingies and share them with their tale.

If you are a long time VTT player, and if you've already seen all my stuff I apologize in advance for forcing you to re-view them.
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Last summer while poking my nose around a cute little antique shop on a very hot July day in the northwoods of Wisconsin, I found this teacup.

It is so fine, the china so thin, that it feels like an egg shell.  It is translucent, nearly transparent.
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Something about its delicate nature spoke to m.

I wondered who had owned it, how many tea parties had it seen, and most of all how it survived intact this long.

There was a set of 12 or so teacups in the case, but I decided to buy just one.

And this little princess of teas came home with me.
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My friend Eloise, pronounced E-Lois, was with me that day.  She and I both stood there admiring the dainty cups and saucers.  We both marveled at their pristine condition.

I decided to buy - - - she did not, or so I thought.
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Until my birthday arrived on December 30th and Eloise, pronounced E-Lois, gave me a gift.

Tucked inside that gift, in a soft bed of fluffy tissue paper, was a sister to my teacup.  "I thought you needed TWO" said Eloise, pronounced E-Lois, "I might want to come over and drink a cup of tea with you!"

Well, there's been no tea drinking from the cups as yet - - - instead they are gracing my buffet with their dainty little selves and - - -
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Sometimes at night, they light my world.

Thanks Eloise, pronounced E-Lois, I just love my teacups!
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Linking today to Vintage Thingie Thursday

At Coloradolady.

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