Showing posts with label Victoria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Victoria. Show all posts

Monday, May 18, 2015

Victoria Day

Victoria Day is a Canadian stat holiday celebrated on the Monday before May 25th to honour Queen Victoria's birthday.

Source: Internet
As a tribute to the British monarch, I'm sharing a teacup by the Victoria pottery company.

I purchased this pink teacup and saucer at a church sale a few years ago for only 25 cents! Some of the gold bands are worn out which I think adds to its vintage charm.

The bottom of the teacup is decorated with a yellow and pink rose.
The pink colour is so soft that it almost looks white!

The Victoria backstamp circa 1936-1955.

At a recent trip to Niagara-on-the-Lake, I visited Victoria Teas & Coffees.

The tea display behind the counters.

The tea side of the shop.

Teapots of every imaginable colour!

Because I'm currently limiting my purchase of new teas until I finish up some teas in my stash, the only item that left the store with me was this set of hard-to-find teapot drip catchers.

Happy Victoria Day!

I'm joining the following parties this week: