10 Queen's Beasts China and Happy Birthday Ma'am

Raquel in Canada would like to complete her cup and saucer collection of The Ten Queen's Beasts. Made by Queen Anne China probably for the Coronation 1953. Raquel has six sets and needs four more. Pictured above is the Griffin of EdwardIII cup and saucer but she is searching for-
The Black Bull of Clarence
The Red Dragon of Wales
The Lion of England
The White Horse of Hanover

This cup and saucer shows The White Greyhound of Richmond cup on a Yale of Beaufort saucer. I admit I have never heard of this china before, perhaps it never came to Australia but it is now on my 'to look for list'. Racquel is hoping someone has the missing sets to sell but would be happy just to see pics of the missing ones.  Please email me if you know of any.



Today Queen Elizabeth II is 86 years old. This is her real birthday, not an official one and what better day than today to put up my coronation wallpaper. First on the wall above my bed. I don't have many spaces for it as most of my walls slope or the space has already been taken by other royal stuff or windows and doors are too near the ceiling. This wall was meant for this paper.  It was a difficult 2 person job but I am so pleased with the result. you can see a close up of the paper on my previous post.




More wallpaper on this piece of wall behind the front door where the hallstand used to be. I still have lots of paper left so I'm sure I'll find some more space at the top. I have 5 of the heavy cardboard cutouts of William and Kate and I've found spaces for 4 of them



A plate showing  Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret and their birth dates. I bought this very nice baby's plate at an antique fair earlier this year.