Tuesday Cuppa Tea, Shelley Pink Stocks Teacup, Easter Tea, Staffordshire Posy Candle Holders, Peanut Butter Easter Eggs

Hello.! I am joining Beverley for Pink Saturday at How Sweet The Sound and  Sandi for her April 2nd Easter Tea at Rose Chintz Cottage, and then my regular meme Tuesday Cuppa Tea!

For my pink...I am sharing these vintage English, hand made bone china flower candleholders in a style called Sraffordshire Posies. They are called that because Staffordshire is home to a district called The Potteries where all the major makers had their potteries until recently. One of the joys of visiting the potteries in and around Stoke-on-Trent and it's surrounding distrists which make up The Potteries area in Staffordshire was to visit the manufacturies who did this kind of work and watch them at work. Alas...they have all closed, although they may still be doing it at the Wedgwood Museum in Barlastan, I'm not sure.
Eah and every petal of these flowers is painstakingly made by hand from a lump of white bone china clay, fired and then hand painted. I did a post about them a while ago, which is located HERE with photos.  The candleholders above, which I used for years on my spring table, especially at Easter were found in the Potteries years ago. They were made by Radnor, a mark of the Hall Bros., England in the 1940s who lasted until the 1960s.

I have a Shelley, England low Oleander cup and saucer in the Stocks pattern with pink trim to bring for Sandi's Easter Tea. I plan on bringing Darjeeling tea and Easter cookies...without milk, of course!

The cup and saucer was made between 1940 and 1966 when the pottery closed, which is such a shame!


The candleholders and the Shelley Teacup are available at Antiques And Teacups. For more info, just click on the photos.


And here are my cookies, actually courtesy of  allrecipes.com:

Peanut Butter Easter Eggs

Servings  

USMetricCalculate

Original Recipe Yield 2 large eggs

Ingredients

• 1 (16 ounce) package confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 8 (1 ounce) squares semi-sweet chocolate
• 1 tablespoon shortening

Directions

1. In a mixing bowl, combine confectioners' sugar, peanut butter, butter and milk (if needed for moisture) until blended. Shape mixture into two 1/2 pound eggs or make a bunch of smaller eggs. Freeze eggs for 1 hour.
2. While the eggs are freezing, cut semi-sweet chocolate into small pieces and place in top of double boiler with shortening. Melt over medium heat, stirring frequently until smooth. Stick a long-tined fork in top of each peanut butter egg, dip it in melted chocolate to cover then drain on waxed paper. When the eggs are cooled and set, decorate the eggs to suit your fancy.

Have a wonderful day and enjoy the most important part of the year for Christians, the Holy Week before Easter Sunday. I am joining the following blogs for Tuesday tea related posts:

Common Ground ~ http://commonground-debrasvintagedesigns.blogspot.com

Monday Marketplace

Terri~  http://artfulaffirmations.blogspot.com/ 
Teacup Tuesday

Trisha~  http://sweetology101.blogspot.com/ 
Tea Party Tuesday

Sandi  ~  http://sandimyyellowdoor.blogspot.com

Teatime Tuesday

Kathy~  http://blissfulrhythm.blogspot.com
Victoria - A Return to Loveliness

Martha~  http://www.marthasfavorites.com/ 
Teacup Tuesday 

Ruth  ~ http://timewasantiquesfamily.blogspot.com

Tuesday Cuppa Tea

Bernideen’s ~ http://bernideensteatimeblog.blogspot.com/

Friends Sharing Tea Wednesday

Angela  http://teawithfriends.blogspot.com/

Tea With Friends

Miss Kathy ~ http://thewritersreverie.blogspot.com/

Celia ~ http://attitudeivlife.blogspot.com/  Afternoon Tea

Ivy And Elephants ~http://ivyandelephants.blogspot.com/

What’s It Wednesday