Pottery Saucer
Their soggy sandals left marks upon the hearthstone
They huddled inside the storm door -- two children in ragged outgrown coats.
"Any old papers, lady?"
I was busy. I wanted to say no -- until I looked down at their feet. Thin little sandals, sopped with sleet.
"Come in and I'll make you a cup of hot cocoa."
There was no conversation. Their soggy sandals left marks upon the hearthstone. I served them cocoa and toast ugg boots sale with jam to fortify against the chill outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started again on my household budget.
The silence in the front room struck through to me. I looked in. The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat voice," Lady ... are you rich?"
"Am I rich? Mercy, no!" I looked at my shabby slipcovers. The girl put her cup back in its saucer -- carefully.
Your cups match your saucers."
Her voice was old, with a hunger that was not of the stomach. They left then, holding their bundles of papers against the wind. They hadn't said thank you. They didn't need to. They had done more than that. Plain blue pottery cups and saucers. But they matched.
I tested the uggs sale potatoes and stirred the gravy. Potatoes and brown gravy, a roof over our heads, my man with a good steady job -- these things matched, too.
I moved the chairs back from the fire and tidied the living room. The muddy prints of small sandals were still wet upon my hearth. I let them be. I want them there in case I ever forget again how very rich I am.
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i have these pottery thing?
one is like a small kind of saucer, but it cant be used as that as the design is risen and the other is a trinket box.
the only thing i know about them is on the back it says
Genuine alabaster
a natural gift
i cannot find out any information about them other than that.
has anyone any idea of what they are
who they are by etc
http://s311.photobucket.com/albums/kk460/bobby_jo_photos/?action=view¤t=01072008115.jpg
i am just wondering because i would like to see if there any more in the collection as they would go nicely on my windowsill but i wold like more than 2 pieces. thank you very much!!
There are a number of alabaster trinket boxes for sale on EBay at the moment. It's worth looking through the selection to see if anything matches yours. In the UK, identical ones to yours are sold in gift/card shops, and they are very, very pretty. Often bought in Italy and other Mediterranean countries as souvenirs.
PALISSY POTTERY ENGLAND Delftware CUP & SAUCER
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 Set Of 7 Franciscan Desert Rose California Pottery Teacup / Saucers  US $50.00
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 Longaberger Pottery Saucer 6 Plates US $12.00
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 Longaberger Pottery Saucer 6 Plates US $12.00
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 vintage made in japan sunset village cup saucer pottery US $29.00
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 RIDGWAY POTTERY ROMANCE CUP SAUCER & SIDE PLATE 'WHITE MIST' US $6.27
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 antique england pagoda cup & saucer pottery US $49.00
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 Polish Pottery Gravy Boat with Saucer from Zaklady Boleslawiec Polish Stoneware US $39.00
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 Aqua Blue Terrazzo Italian PV Pottery Plate Cup Saucer US $4.99
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