I was in college when I first visited Wormsloe, a famous historic site in Savannah. I remember this because our journalism advisor on the trip, Joe Cumming, who had served as Atlanta bureau chief of Newsweek, made us go. Joe loved history and thought we should too. And he laughed when I told him I liked the name because I imagined those worms were low. (I've apparently been taking words literally for a long, long time.) So I remembered that incident when my friend Tammy and I took a tram to the property on Saturday morning. The gate here is an iconic Savannah image.
So is the avenue of live oaks, which is simply a spectacular view. You can get a nice hike in while exploring the area as well.
We drove to the museum on the property, and the first thing that caught my eye was … a blue teapot! Now that's my kind of historic artifact.
Of course I had to snap photos of that as well as the tea information.
I'm very drawn to tabby for some reason, and the home Noble Jones built at Wormsloe in 1793 was made of tabby. Its tabby ruins are said to be the oldest standing structure in Savannah. And if you're not familiar with it, tabby is "a cement made of lime, sand or gravel, and oyster shells and used chiefly along the coast of Georgia and South Carolina in the 17th and 18th centuries," according to Merriam-Webster.
As I checked out this display in the museum, I was delighted to learn that portions of blue china have been found in the tabby.
And check out this handleless teacup and saucer! I wasn't expecting to find tea wares at the Wormsloe State Historic Site, but surprise, I did! On Friday, I'll share why that blue teapot at Wormsloe influenced my decision to buy a new tea set while I was there.
I have visited Savannah a few times but have not been to Wormslow. I’m glad to read about it and I’m looking forward to learning about your new tea set.
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