The Undeniable Charm of Pink Flowers

in defense of old china

Flowered china, image, © the author

It seldom fails: the unaccountable allure of a few tiny pink roses painted on fine china.

I have walked into many an antique store, vintage shop, resale shop — sometimes with entirely other plans and sometimes merely with an open mind. I have come out carefully hoisting a paper bag full of white china sprinkled with little pink roses…