The cleaning out of my parents’ home continues,
and this week’s cute find are these beautiful Italian dessert plates with
matching server. I also found eight of these pink cups but, alas, no saucers to
match.
These plates have a bit of history. They belonged to the mother of Shirley
Fick, my mother’s long-time (since childhood) friend, who acted as maid of honor at her wedding.
You can see her in the picture below at far left. When her mother got up in
years she passed them down to her daughter, who used them at every opportunity.
Because Shirley had only one child, a son, she gave them to my mother knowing
that they would get a lot of use, and eventually be passed down to me. And here
they are, and here I am, as thrilled to have them as the original owner.
It’s going to take a special dessert for me to use these, but I guarantee I
will be making one, and sharing the recipe with you.
Meanwhile, my mind is whirling thinking of all of the beautiful pink and green
spring table settings that I will be able to create with these new, much loved
items.
