until I sold them on Trademe, as part of my ongoing streamlining project.
The plate was a Royal Doulton Syren and had belonged to my Aunt Dorothy. I used it off and on but not often.
The little picture was of Ward Beach in Canterbury and was done by W E Richardson, the brother of her friend Agnes in the 1950s or 1960s. It was bought back by a grandson of the artist.
The brown coffee pot was done by Auckland potter, Peter Holmes in the 1960s. We gave it to our mother for a birthday present. Nowadays I just use a smaller brown pot I got in Germany, from the same pottery that the big rum pot came from. I made a rum pot on a few occasions - you start with rum, adding berries such as strawberries, raspberries, cherries, blackcurrants etc as they ripen, along with a measure of sugar, and morte rum to cover. At the end of the berry and fruit season it is left to mature over the autumn and early winter to be savoured in a little glass with a spoon to fish the berries out with, or over icecream in a bowl. Yum.
