Amongst Nick and Nora's eclectic collection are tea and coffee services of various vintages purchased purely because they look lovely.The first in this showcase is this miniature unglazed tea set designed to look like strawberries. Nick and Nora bought it at auction for about $15 and we were the only bidders.
The tea pot, creamer have gold twig-like handles and strawberry leaves for spouts and saucers as well as being liberally decorated with strawberry flowers.
It's stamped Japan on the bottom of the tea pot but contains no other markings and possibly dates back to the 1960s.
Quite trippy really.
Speaking of 1960s and trippy, savour the film clip for the Beatles' complex and richly evocative 1967 hit Strawberry Fields Forever while enjoying a Strawberry Blond:
Strawberry Blond
1 oz strawberry liqueur
Ginger ale
1 teaspoon sugar
1 whole strawberry
Put a thin rim of sugar around a chilled cocktail glass. Then put crushed ice into glass. Pour strawberry liqueur over ice, add Ginger Ale to fill. Add strawberry for decoration.
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