It was a present long ago, the beautiful bone china
plate. The pattern is called Haddon Hall and it is made by Minton. Could there
be a prettier plate, a prettier pattern? - I doubt it.
I took it from the cupboard some weeks ago, thinking to
have its beauty out and about and not hiding in a cupboard, thinking to sweeten
the days with its flower heads and leaves and curly whirly stems and sober
elegant green rim trapped in Merry-Go-Round under the
smooth, tactile glaze. - But it is taking revenge for its long
imprisonment.
Whenever it catches my eye it sends its message: "I
suggest - nay - I demand a scone or two! Some jam, milady! Some clotted cream! A
pretty butter knife! - A Haddon Hall plate needs to be fed and
cosseted."
Poor plate! I am resisting your
blandishments...
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