Sunday, July 9, 2023

Relics from the old Homestead - a follow up

Since our trip to Colorado, dad and I have been going through the items that we have brought home and trying to find similar items that resemble those that we found. Yesterday, we went to the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers (DUP) Museum in Ogden. We found several items there that very closely resemble those that we brought home from Colorado. Thanks to dad for taking these pictures.



The first item we saw at the museum is this ceramic jug (above). This piece resembles almost exactly the pieces of the ceramic jug that we found and pieced together in the picture below. The ceramic jug at the museum was just a hair smaller than the jug pieces that we found.

The following items we saw at the museum were these ceramic jugs (pictured below). They are brown on the top and grey/cream color on the body of the jug. These closely resemble this jug piece that we found at the old homestead.





The next piece that we saw at the museum is a cream-colored jar. Some of the pieces that we put together possibly were part of a jar similar to the one we saw at the museum.




The next item we saw was this brown colored ceramic pot. This pot has similar grooves along the inside of the pot as the pieces that we brought home with us.







The next item was one that I noticed. This is a green vase with a floral pattern that is on display at the museum. The pattern and design very closely match this piece of green pottery that we found at the old homestead and is very likely from the same manufacturer, and may even have been a lid to a similar vase.



Finally, we were looking at a couple of the pieces we brought home with us last night...and lo and behold, we found that they fit together. This is likely from a portion of a tea cup. This particular design looks to be Oriental influenced and was likely sent home by one of their daughters who had moved to San Francisco during the 1910's. It appears to be a scene of some cherry trees (in pink) with a hillside next to a stream (in blue). This is what these two pieces look like after we had put them together.


After looking online, dad found that this may be from a Japanese Geisha Ware Set. Below are several pictures that we found of some different Japanese Geisha Ware tea cups/sets on eBay that have the same/similar designs and styles.





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