The Magpie's Trunk

01/24/2020

In some Landes touristic dolls souvenirs, we can find example of the ancient wooden stilts ("tchangues" or “big legs”), their essential tool for sheperding and navigate the soft and unsteady heathlands which was still in use until the late 19th century.

01/17/2020

A bouillon cup with double handle offer a halfway measure between a soup bowl and a tea-cup. The double handles were also useful for giving broth, especially in Victorian times, to invalids who were not able to grasp a tea-cup with one or no handles without spilling it.

Lovely bouillon cup with Aberdeen pattern (green and gold scroll pattern on the rim). Noritake Aberdeen (6727) was produced from 1966 to 1972. The gold trim on this pattern means it is not safe for use in the microwave. As a curious note, the double handles offer a halfway measure between a soup bow...

01/04/2020

Some cameras have such a personality that it's a delight to take their portrait.