T Stands For Grams' Dishes

 

I'm back at my dining room table and will be serving coffee and tea from there.

  Two weeks ago I showed this plate with the clock on it and explained my Grandmother had 24 of them.  She actually had a service of 12 plates, bowls, cups, etc.  I don't think we ever had 12 people join us for Christmas dinner, but if we had, we would have enough china for everyone.

My hand (yes, one hand because the left one is still in a sling) was too shaky to remove one of the dinner plates and the meat platter, but I found a very dark photo from Thanksgiving one year.

  For this, I even have used my grandmother's goblet. 

This is the dinner plate.  I tried to lighten it, but to little avail.  It shows the corner of Ye Olde Curiosity Shop.

This is a very dark image of the meat platter.  It shows the front of the Shop.

I was able to lighten the meat platter a bit in this photo, but it was not centered.  This is before I had a good camera.

I was sick when I dropped this large bowl a few years ago.  I repaired it, knowing I wouldn't use it.  I now wrap rolls in a towel and place them in the bowl  It is safe to use and still valuable.

 

Here you can see the obvious break and where I repaired it. 

Here is the other plate I shared last time.  I still can't find anything about it.

I'm not sure what this bowl is used for because I don't remember us ever using it.  I have 12 of them, though.

This is the bowl I DO remember using.  My grandmother always served salad in it.  We had all kinds of salads at Christmas, from Waldorf to roasted pear to cranberry to leafy or Bibb lettuce salads.  This bowl is a bit larger than the other one.

You can see my grandmother had two creamers.

The gravy bowl and matching platter were sold out before she could get the set, so she used one of the creamers for the gravy bowl.  I think she may have put the bowl I can't identify (bottom right in above photo) under it.

The coffee pot image is perfect for the saucer that sits under the cup.

You can see I set the cup off center so you could see the saucer.

I hope you have enjoyed this look at my Grandmother's dishes she bought through her local grocery store.  She must have bought a LOT of groceries to be eligible for all that china. 

 

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