Day 4: Purple - my grandmother's dressing table set
When my grandmother died (aged 91) I was invited to choose something as a keepsake and this is what I chose. It used to stand on her dressing table in my grandparents' 2-up 2-down little cottage in a village in Suffolk, along with an opaque dark blue glass bottle of a pungent perfume called 'Midnight in Paris'. I'd always loved the pattern of purple and yellow pansies and blue forget-me-nots on the china.
Lovely Victorian (or early Edwardian?) design. I remember so many similar to this in the homes of elderly relatives before Art Nouveau and Deco changed public taste towards simpler decoration ... and then came "Utility". Thanks for reviving the memory!
@quietpurplehaze I had bottles of Midnight in Paris which my Dad's mother would buy for me. I suspect that it was mid-1950s. We both enjoyed scents of different sorts and used to share likes and dislikes and discuss why we felt like that bout it.
@quietpurplehaze Maybe, if I find one. I did mean in the next future. I seldom post on 365 a pic I`ve taken the same day. I know it`s a rule but I need time to judge my pic. And. some day`s I take many photo`s ( often more then 100 ) the other days I`m working on my late or teaching the children. Or have no inspiration. So I take a pic out of stock .
@pyrrhula I am the same as you because I don't like to work on what I call the 'last minute dot com' principle. I also like to decide what I will write about my pic. Sometimes I have taken the pic on the same day day but often I've taken it the previous day. Once I apologised for 'cheating' and not posting a pic taken on the same day and one of my followers said it's not cheating but more important to use the site as a general record of life and think about what you want to say when posting a pic. So I think we are both in agreement with that?
I also know the smell of the sugar refinery. Terrible .
Thanks, everyone, for your interest in this post. My grandmother http://365project.org/quietpurplehaze/add-ins/2012-08-13
was married in 1911 and I imagine this set might have been a wedding gift. I think it's either late Victorian or early Edwardian. I'm interested to know that some of you have experienced Midnight in Paris perfume. I expect it was all the rage at the time!