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1. I sure wish I had the kind of places around where I live as you seem to have! Some times I luck up and find one or two pieces of ironstone, but mostly it’s Hummel figurines, old ashtrays, and 1970’s Home Interior leftovers. 🙂

2. If you got one for less then $250 you stole it. I saw a Johnson Brothers cake stand go for $550 at auction once. Oddly a Furnivals cake stand sold at the same auction for $275….go figure.
   I agree they are the “Holly Grail”, along with toddy bowls and foot baths.

3. I love your blog and have been following you for a long time. You’re adorable. I love your book and your paint and I think you are as clever as they come. I’ve noticed lately, however, that there are so many advertisements and pop up ads on your blog that I can barely find the blog itself. I know advertising is necessary but it seems like there is so much popping up: Ads for coffee, screws, pre fab coops, diamonds, Texas vacations, Oriental Trading Co., seed companies, ceiling tiles, Time Warner, Life Cell, Amazon…..and then, understandably, your sponsors. Is it just me or is it a little crazy?

   1. Thanks for letting me know! I didn’t realize there were pop-ups, since I’ve never seen them. I’ll look into it. Obviously, ads are a part of the business of blogging, but I don’t want them to be blocking the content.

      1. I have been seeing the pop ups on your blog as well. If I am on my phone it pops up and ask if I want to join a game.

      2. me too. A Lot of stuff that never was there before. I recognize your “people” but this is different.

         1. I have a company managing my ads and they’ve been trying some new things to optimize the site. I have popup blockers, so if they are there, I don’t see them. I know they’re annoying, though. I’m going to check it out. Thanks, ladies!

   2. That’s funny because I always read her blog and never had pop up ads

4. I have an original, complete set of a child’s blue willow dish set in the original box. I bought them several years ago and just unpacked them last week. I will display them in a child’s size kitchen cabinet that I bought in Shipshewana, Indiana from an Amish family. I also have a fabulous set of child’s ironstone dishes I just bought last weekend that will go in the same cabinet. Just can’t seem to get the little girl out of me.

   1. I have my mother’s Blue Willow set with several serving pieces. I am in need, though, of the teapot. I recently saw an ironstone set, but the cups and plates didn’t match.

5. OOOHHHHH – you got one! Cannot wait to see and hear the story!!

6. What great finds. I thought I’d let you know there is a pop add that blocks out the bottom left corner of your blog and is no close button on it .

7. I use/like Google Chrome with Adblock Plus….what adds?!

   1. I too use Google Chrome with Adblock Plus and do not see any ads – Guess it’s working now that I’m reading the comments above!

8. I have the Blue Willow child’s tea set made in Occupied Japan also. Got it for Christmas when I was 5 years old — and that was 62 years ago!!!

9. Only one! I collect ironstone pitchers and pedestals but those are not of Ironstone…because I could never find them….I wish I lived near you…I’d pick it up in a heartbeat…or stalk the person you got it from. Congrats on your finds…I find that stamp on the cup interesting “occupied Japan”..hmmm

   1. The Allies, led by the USA occupied Japan from 1945; the end of the Sexond World War, until the Treaty if San Francisco in 1952. The china you have is obviously from an earlier period.

10. I adore how you see the beauty in things. You’re inspiring! And you always bring smile to me.

11. I love, love, love the blue transferware pitcher. It is fantastic!

12. Thanks to you turning me on to Ironstone, I bought my first piece yesterday at a yard sale…a large platter for $5.00…was that a good price? Also, just to let you know I don’t get any popups on your website…but I do block all popups which is probably all the others need to do. 😉

13. I love blue willow and its story. I, too, am fascinated by the ‘occupied Japan’ marking. I have it from England and Japan, both at least 75 years old–but no occupied designation. Can’t stay, on to research that.

    1. The Allies, led by the USA occupied Japan from 1945; the end of the Sexond World War, until the Treaty if San Francisco in 1952. The china you have is obviously from an earlier period.

14. Oh My goodness… THAT CLOCK.. is it Willow? or just a blue and white china? Either way, I LOVE IT!!

15. Oh I’m so excited for you about the ironstone cake pedestal. I adore cakestands and have a small collection of them. Unfortunately no ironstone, jadeite or even milkglass. But I recently bought a pressed glass cakestand that looks like cut glass and it was a bargain! I also recently bought a square cakestand in white porcelain from Homesense (the Canadian branch of Home Goods) on clearance. They make me smile every time I look at them. I can’t wait to see of picture of the ironstone one you bought! The ones in the picture in this post are gorgeous. I love your taste and your home and opening your posts and looking at your pictures brings me a lot of joy and inspiration. Thanks!

16. Oh how I love blue and white!!…the clock is outstanding!♥

17. What is prettier than the blue and white combination? I buy clocks with broken faces for myself. I admire how you appreciate things that aren’t perfect, that is what I love about them, but people don’t buy them in my shop unless it is a 1.00. This is where the life is, the pieces have soul. Your handless mug is an oven-proof custard cup made between 1930-early 1950s (Can’t see the marking, so I don’t know exactly). An unusual find! Fabulous photography.

18. I just looked at your custard cup. I was thinking it was Blue Willow, that is transferware and much older than 1930.

19. Dear MMS, I’m excited to hear about your new ironstone! Hugs, Anne Boykin

20. Ahh….I finally see some Blue Willow on your site. I have a lot of my grandmother’s Blue Willow pieces and I cherish them. I hated them as a kid, and in fact, my very earliest memory was of when my mom and older sister took me back to Virginia (my mom’s home state; I am a California girl). I was two years old. And this may be a “memory of a memory” because I was so young. But I was placed in a high chair, and my grandmother put one of the Blue Willow plates on the high chair for me. Someone said (maybe my sister, or an aunt): “Don’t give that to her, she’ll break it.” For some reason that inspired me. So I promptly picked up the plate, and threw it in the floor. Now I have all of grandmama’s plates, and they are so special.

21. I was wondering about the custard cup as well. Is it transferware? It s a great piece.

22. Google Chrome with Adblock Plus….thanks! I’ll look into getting it! (-:

23. I have a collection of blue & white plates, mostly Wedgwood. They are creamware from the 1920s & 30s & they depict famous historical places in the USA. one is of the Mayflower & has a verse from Longfellow on the back. Perhaps I should put them up for sale on the blog?