Tea in the Valley: Colclough

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Monday, April 20, 2026

A Colclough Teacup

My office recently had a "Swap Fair" where people brought in items from home that they no longer want for other folks to snag. I happened to be working at home that day, but when a co-worker alerted me that someone had brought in some teacups, I rushed in to the office!

This vintage Colclough bone china teacup is one of the teacups that I rescued from the Swap Fair.

It's hard to tell from the photo, but I think the teacup is a very light cream/yellow colour.

The individual who brought in the teacups were happy to hear that they were going to a good home!

Monday, November 7, 2022

Scoring more teacups from a Buy Nothing group

When a member of my local Buy Nothing group posted a photo of free curbside items, I couldn't drive to their place fast enough to scoop up 3 vintage bone china teacups.

This Colclough teacup has a pretty teal and magenta floral design.

This Royal Seagrave teacup featured gorgeous gold ferns.

Oops! I did it again: I accidentally snapped the handle off this Clare teacup when I was washing it. I was able to reattach the handle.

How I repurposed the teacup will be revealed in a future post!

Monday, June 20, 2022

Church Garage Sale Haul #2: More Teacups!

The second church garage sale I went to last month was selling teacups and saucers for only 25 cents each! I was tempted to buy ALL the teacups, but I restrained myself and only brought 4 teacups home with me.

Teacup #1 is by Hammersley and decorated with dainty rosebuds. It's smaller than the average teacup.

Teacup #2 is also made in England, but doesn't have the pottery's stamp.

Teacup #3 is by Queen Anne and is perfect for St. Patrick's Day.

Teacup #4 is a mismatched violets set of a Colcough teacup and a Royal Albert saucer.

When I arrived home, I discovered that I had a Colcough saucer with violets! The teacup is older than the saucer, but I think they make the perfect match!

Monday, September 13, 2021

Garage sale finds: Colclough and Queen Anne teacups

Do I need more teacups? No.

But that didn't stop me from rescuing two beauties at a garage sale last month!

There was about a dozen teacups on sale for only $2 each, but I was drawn to this Colclough's pretty purple design. I just couldn't leave it behind!

I was proud of myself for exercising some restraint and bringing only one teacup home...

...but I couldn't stop thinking about this elegant Queen Anne teacup.

So I went back and got it!

Monday, October 19, 2015

Women are Persons!

October 18th is Persons Day in Canada. This annual celebration commemorates the historic ruling made by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council of Great Britain (the highest court appeal at that time) on October 18, 1929 which declared that women are "persons" under Canadian law and qualify to become members of the Canadian Senate.

This milestone victory for Canadian women's rights was led by Emily G. Murphy, Nellie McClung, Irene Parlby, Henrietta Muir Edwards, and Louise McKinney who became known as the Famous Five.

The Women are Persons! Monument in Olympic Plaza, Calgary, Alberta (photo taken in 2012)

The bronze statues of the Famous Five were erected to commemorate their historic win of the "Persons" case. Nellie McClung (left) shows Irene Parlby (right) the newspaper headlines announcing the court's decision in favour of the Famous Five. Not pictured: Emily G. Murphy

The Women are Persons! Monument in Olympic Plaza, Calgary, Alberta (photo taken in 2012)

Henrietta Muir Edwards (left) and Louise McKinney (right) celebrate with a tea party (my kind of gals!)! The bronze cups and and saucers were a nod to the "pink teas" held by suffragists so that they could get together and plan their campaign for female equality without getting disrupted by the opposition.

The Women are Persons! Monument in Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario (photo taken in 2015)

Emily G. Murphy (left) invites the Ottawa tourists to take a seat and join the Famous Five. I would definitely join them for a cup of tea!

As a tribute to the Famous Five's pink teas, I am sharing some of the pink teawares in my collection. The Fiestaware pink teapot was an online purchase from a few years back.

This teacup once belonged to a friend of a woman that I met at work. I never actually met the friend (who was downsizing her collection) so I was touched that she gifted me such a beautiful teacup!