jmarie
05-17-2004, 03:35 PM
I collect glass. I have two cabinets devoted to Fire King Jadite pieces. Canister sets, salt and peppers, the ball pitcher...mostly the good stuff. I also have a tall cabinet cabinet, that I have enough orange iridescent carnival glass to fill. I have enough green and cobalt carnival glass to fill a shelf in the living room.
Here is the problem. Many years ago, my grandmother gave me a Blue Danube Tea Set. My grandfather's employees took up a collection and purchased this tea set for him about 55 years ago. She gave it to me when I was 14 and told me to NEVER tell her daughters because they both wanted it. I always went over and helped her do her spring cleaning and every year I would get it out and gingerly handle it...oohing and aahing it.
It has sat on the bottom of the glass sided cabinet and I now need that shelf for te carnival glass. I don't know what to do with it. Where would you display this tea set. Would it be ok if I packed it up in a box? I have carried this tea set with me, every where I have ever lived and never broken a piece. I feel kind of guilty putting it away.
Ideas?
Here is the problem. Many years ago, my grandmother gave me a Blue Danube Tea Set. My grandfather's employees took up a collection and purchased this tea set for him about 55 years ago. She gave it to me when I was 14 and told me to NEVER tell her daughters because they both wanted it. I always went over and helped her do her spring cleaning and every year I would get it out and gingerly handle it...oohing and aahing it.
It has sat on the bottom of the glass sided cabinet and I now need that shelf for te carnival glass. I don't know what to do with it. Where would you display this tea set. Would it be ok if I packed it up in a box? I have carried this tea set with me, every where I have ever lived and never broken a piece. I feel kind of guilty putting it away.
Ideas?