This one solitary item, a ceramic Cocker Spaniel named "Ginger", has been with me as long as I can remember. If I recall the story correctly, my Mother received this as a congratulatory gift when I was born. I don't know who assigned the moniker. The back of the dog is hollow and open, a "planter", if you can call it that. I don't ever remember it bearing a plant but suspect it may have, originally. Ginger always stood at my childhood bedroom door, serving as a doorstop, although I feel certain our floors were level and it didn't actually hold the door open. When I left home Ginger was packed up with my few belongings and accompanied me to my first apartment, eventually she became a fixture in my married home, standing sentry at my daughter's bedroom door from the day I carried her home from the hospital. Today Ginger resides in the bathroom adjoining my Studio, at the door (where else?), ever vigilant. I can't think of any other single item that speaks home to me as loudly, or for as long, as this ceramic dog. She's aged beautifully, my constant companion, she's made eleven moves with me; none the worse for the wear!What one thing speaks "home" to you?
Life is Good!
Research has yielded the following: "Ginger" was made by Royal Copley
Royal Copley china was made by the Spaulding China Company of Sebring, Ohio, from 1939 to 1960. The figural planters and the small figurines, especially those with Art Deco designs, are of great collector interest.
(Regardless, she's priceless to me for precisely what she represents.)
Life is Good!
Research has yielded the following: "Ginger" was made by Royal Copley
Royal Copley china was made by the Spaulding China Company of Sebring, Ohio, from 1939 to 1960. The figural planters and the small figurines, especially those with Art Deco designs, are of great collector interest.(Regardless, she's priceless to me for precisely what she represents.)
