Like an old friend

This tea cup was recently gifted to me by a customer in the tea room. It is a beautiful Royal Albert bone china teacup from England. The marking on the bottom says 'Cotswold' which is a region in England with rolling hills and meadows, one that we visited several years ago. Tea rooms abound, and we tried very hard to visit them all. This sweet gift reminds me of that trip.

On the same day I received this cup, another customer shared a lovely quote found in an old magazine, author unknown. It says, "Like an old friend always there for you when you need her, the teacup is more than a vessel to hold your tea. It is a vessel to take you to a calmer state of mind - and, depending on its age or origin, to a faraway land or distant era."

This tea cup definitely took me to a faraway land! Thank you to both Brenda and Julia for their thoughtfulness.