'Bunga Padi' collection ` black is beautiful'

~ Cups and Saucers ~ a few ~ from online purchase..some are gifts from online friends and some are old collections

a set of six, complete with saucers but no teapot

~ from mom-in-law heritage home

bunga padi ? gandum?

online Ipoh friend

only a single set

a few additional pieces from the cups were online purchase ~ Ipoh

and a few sets from late mom-in-law old collection  

 a miss-matched set of cups & saucers

still looking out for its right match

a rare piece

:  extra saucers to let go

a pair bought online 

odd pieces

hope to get matching pieces

BK cups (in the forefront) is called 'Bujang' / single ,without saucers

while the ones on extreme right is 'round' cups with matching saucers

BK cups on the left known as 4-seasons BK also without saucers

sweet sakura

a gift - EG 2011

a pair of BK Cup (mulut lebar)

a rare piece and popularly referred to as 'wide mouth'

~ gift from a cousin who is also a collector

this design so-called 'Bunga Padi' is a favorite 

  

Sept 2011 addition

to my cups and saucers collection

... Sakura ~ Add on to my Sakura Collection

dtd : 24Aug2011...  14in Oval Platter

my 'Sakura' collection

these 6pcs from Ain Zuryn

this craze for 'sakura' started off with a gift from my sis-in-law

an 'Aladdin' teapot

Aladdin Sakura teapot

and

EG gift from cik Yatt Precious

a collection of blues and antique roses teacups

that matched my roses 'square' teapot

with

2 sets of beautiful sakura cups & saucers

the sakura cups & saucers 

(on the left)

just to display the sakura pieces

then came a few pieces of saucers only

odd pieces collected from

mum-in-law's old kampung home

old  family collection

from ZaitunAntique

6pcs 'mangkuk sambal' 

last but not least

the latest addition
(pic top-of-page)

~ A Nice Surprise Today ~ Matching Teacups for Teapot 'Rosie'

On a trip to visit my sister, took a short side-trip to

downtown Melaka and passed by an old shop

clearing it old stock of crockery , pots and pans

What  lovely find~ 2 boxes of teacups of the same design 

my 'Rosie' teapot.

matching teacups

Bought these teapots sometime ago..

lovely soft and sweet rose design

so I named it 'Rosie' teapot

since this partricular teapot does not have any matching cups,

I placed in in a basket together with  

' cawan bujang Bunga Kangkung' 

* bujang= single /without saucers

` Oval Platters~ Pinggan Hidang Bujur

the first few pieces 'Dancing Dutch'

2 pcs Oval Platter 12inches and

a 6in round platter (side plate) ..  a gift,

thanks to cik Nur from Kuching

'Wild Rose' 8in Oval Platter

~ Orange 'Bunga Kangkung' Oval Platter

2 new pieces

new oval platters add on to my collections

.. Teapots and Teacups ~ an exciting & never ending story to tell : EG 2011

sooo sweeet

this posting is long overdue

but I want to pen down my heartiest thanks to

sis Azzah  http://nostalgialama.blogspot.com/2011/06/eg-pml-2011.html

for  initiating EG 2011

and  also to cik Yatt Precious

 http://yattbzgg.blogspot.com/2011/06/pml-exchange-gift-eg-2011.html

~  

 from cikYattPrecious

the two pairs of sweet pink sakura teacups

a most welcomed companion to the sakura teapot

in the extreme corner >
the blue teapots and teacups from cik Yatt Precious

More New Items ....for cikJah

its becoming more fun and exciting

seeing my collection 

multiplying slowly and steadily 

with new beautiful items

each new day

An Old Cupboard with an Old Story

the first shot taken

a second look

This particular old cupboard, as far as I can remember has existed since I was small . It was sold to my father for a mere RM10.00,  together with an old wall clock which also cost him another RM10.00. That was many years ago when RM10.00 can buy a week , or maybe 2 week's grocery supply.

Cute Flower Pots ...made-in-china old collection

the recent trip back home visiting my hometown was just for a 

few days  but I was happy because beside getting the chance

 to a few 'food tasting'  trips to try out the

gulai lemak  cili padi and sambal gesek in  Kendong ,

 located nearby Tampin town  and  

meeting up an antique collector there, 

  lempeng kelapa and mee curry  at a small 

roadside eatery in Chengkau

just by the mosque of Kg Tanah Datar ,

also the usual roti canai nek Munah  at 

Sungai Petai, Alor Gajah,

I found three pieces small hand-painted flower pots 

(pic shown above)

to add to my collection of 'made-in-china ceramics.