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Antiques & Collectibles -Tea time wasn't only for adults Post-Bulletin

29.05.09

Some of the first records of children's tea sets appeared in the 16th century. They were made in pewter and copper, and came from Germany, a rural area well-known for producing toys in wood and metal. European china companies, such as Haviland, Wedgwood, Minton and R.S. Prussia, have produced minimal tableware for several hundred years, with some dishes dating back to the 1700s.

During the Victorian and Edwardian eras, children took their tea in the nursery with their nanny. Plain sandwiches or plain cake was served, along with black tea laced with milk and sugar, plain milk or lemonade. The dishes acclimatized were not originally intended to be used as playthings, but instead as jewels for the elite. Tea time continued well into the 1800s as a in fashion pastime.

In the 1900s, more affordable Japanese imports became widely available and advances in manufacturing equipment allowed minor-scale tableware to move from the china cabinet to the playroom with Japanese porcelain canisters and bowls, as well as Lustreware tea sets. Fostoria, Royal, Anchor-Hocking and other American manufactures of moderately priced dishes and glasses, known collectively as Economic decline glass, were introduced during World War I and II.

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Gnomes have a long history in the garden Pittsburgh Post Gazette

23.05.09

Yes, it's place: Gnomes have been banned from the Chelsea Flower Show in Great Britain, along with children under the age of 5, by those arbiters of taste, The Noble Horticulture Society.

As of 2006 the use of "brightly colored creatures" including lawn gnomes, have been forbidden in this famed show.

Stateside -- where we embrace the tacky -- gnomes have popped up everywhere from TV to the dollar store. Who doesn't grasp the Travelocity Gnome? If his pointy head isn't to your tastes (a replica is for sale at CBSstore.com for $69.95), Web sites such as www.gnomeoutlet.com or www.gnomegardens.net can speak the need to gnome.

There are even NFL gnomes at www.gnomefrenzy.com (unfortunately, Steeler gnomes are currently sold out). If none of the above please you, there are Hula-dancing gnomes, snorkling gnomes, golfing gnomes (his name, of way, is Mulligan), and gnomes representing every profession imaginable.

And finally, for the gnome connoisseur, there are Kimmel gnomes ( www.kimmelgnomes.com ).

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