To Cat Crazy Lady...

Thank you for your nice comments in my "house tour" thread. :) As you requested I took some close-ups of my mother's plates. The blue ones are called "Flow Blue" and were among her favorites. Here is a site that sort of explains a little about them. http://alsnetbiz.com/acc/flowblue.html
The other one is a Limoges plate and I don't know much more than that.

My kitty plates are stored in the hutch and I got them through the Bradford Exchange years ago and they are just as precious to me as an antique! ;)

http://img27.photobucket.com/albums/...p/DSCN5874.jpg
http://img27.photobucket.com/albums/...p/DSCN5877.jpg
http://img27.photobucket.com/albums/...p/DSCN5878.jpg
Kitty plates coming up in next post...

I think you can tell who was my inspiration in purchasing this plate. ;)
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...d/fb63c396.jpg
And this one... ;)
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...a/fb63c37d.jpg

This is the last one I will bore you with. :p This chest is particularly special to my hubby since it was made by his great-grandfather whom he never met. (Keep in mine my hubby is 59 years old so this chest is really quite old.) I don't know if you can see the handles but the workmanship is amazing. The top is a piece of marble. It is not attached thankfully because you could never move the chest. :eek:
http://img27.photobucket.com/albums/...p/DSCN5873.jpg

Hope you enjoyed! If anyone else has something "special" or that was "handed down" and you want to post it here, please go ahead! :)

Oh WOW Pam, I don't know how I missed your gorgeous plates!!! I collect decorative plates ... yours are absolutley beautiful!!! :)

I love those plates!

I have some Cat Plates from eatons , that I gavemy Mother , and have them again, after her passing, although JJJ3 broke my Favorite a Siamese Cat chasing , a toy Mouse!

THANK YOU for sharing those! The plates are absolutely gorgeous!!! I love the old blue and white and the print on the beautiful gold one is incredible. The kitty cat plates are way past adorable! Of course!!:D :D http://petoftheday.com/talk/images/o...es/biggrin.gif
I knew they would be that beautiful when you saw them up close. How pretty. They look wonderful in your home but I think they might look good in mine too!!http://petoftheday.com/talk/images/our_smilies/wink.gif

Thanks again for letting me see them up close!