The last purchase that I wanted to share from my friend Patti's estate sale preview last week is this trio. I do enjoy sipping tea out of a teacup with a nice wide handle, and I loved the elegant shape of these pieces as well as the pretty peach color of the roses. I see lots of roses in pink, but this softer hue is one I immediately found striking.
I can't say exactly why I find it so elegant (because after all, I still love me some pink), but this just has a certain charm about it. And the pattern?
Well, when I turned the pieces over, every one of them is marked Johann Haviland Bavaria and "Standard Pattern for US AIR FORCE." I've found matching pieces available online this week, but I have no idea what this back stamp means. I don't imagine some fighter pilot had his tea sloshing around in the cockpit, but were the pieces used at Air Force dinners, maybe? Anyone got a clue? If I don't learn the real backstory, I may just have to make one up and make this trio a "character" in one of my books. At any rate, this lovely set instantly became even lovelier to me when I realized that it has a connection to the US Air Force!
