FABBY: I Love my Anniversary Gifts!

Hello sweet friends, hope you are having a great weekend!

Alejandro asked me what I wanted for our 38th. Anniversary, which was February 25th. The friends that have followed me lately, in post before this one, I featured a tablescape I designed for both of us. I usually got perfume in the past, but I guess now hubby wanted me to get the present myself! Just the day before, they called me from the European Antique shop, to inform me that a couple of containers came in with beautiful things from Europe. Therefore...do I need to explain any further, NO!! I headed straight to that shop and here is what I got from my sweet hubby. I gave him a perfume he loves...just in case you think it's only one way, lol!

The first piece I got is this beautiful antique from the 20's; French Opaline flower vase; hand decorated, like they were in those days. The pretty plate hand decorated too, was from my Mil and it's English, Oetzmann & Co., London. I love it that it has pink flowers and looks so pretty next to my new hand decorated vase.

A closer shot of the beautiful hand designed pattern of the white antique French Opaline vase, I'm crazy about!

My second gift is this gorgeous three tier Royal Albert, Lady Carlyle, which of course, I couldn't NOT bring it home with me...wouldn't you?!

Look how beautiful it is! I have dishes in pink from my Mil and a Bavarian complete tea set. I can't wait to make a tea party with these together!



The pretty crochet runner was made by my mother, along with a tablecloth in the same pattern.

The last, but not least are these lovely crystal, vintage glasses from Venice..in green and red. Unfortunately, there's only seven of them, but I bought them anyhow!



The liquor canister with yellow in it, was a gift from my Mil to Alejandro and it's an antique with six little glasses too, (not shown). The brown one is a beautiful etched decanter Bohemian, Czech..a gift from his cousins' for Alejandro's 40th. birthday party.

The white lace like is embossed in the glass...aren't they pretty?

This folding, antique X chair I bought myself, a little over three years ago and I wanted to share it with you, as we just received a book on antiques from hubby's old aunt, "The Pleasure of Antiques"...where I just saw the same chair and here is a little story of it.

"This chair appeared early in the history of European Furniture, in the 14th.-15th. centuries, as we know from paintings and manuscripts, although few survived. Originally designed to fold, they evolved into the type shown here with a fixed back. This one, in the book, is said to have belonged to Girolamo Savonarola (1452-98), the Italian preacher and reformer".

My X shaped folding chair, with wolves heads at the finials and which forms part of my mostly ornamental collection of chairs.


LOVE,
FABBY

Thank you in advance darling friends for the lovely and kind comments you send me, they always make my day!!

I will be joining some great and fun parties, therefore I thank the lovely and gracious hostesses for having me. Hope to see you there too!



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