A new list of 20 Norman Rockwell items is being now spotlighted on Bonanzle. Fruzie’s Collectibles has an interesting piece featured on the list. It is called Lazybones.
Lazybones was designed in 1973 by Dave Grossman. Grossman designed several pieces based on Norman Rockwell covers from The Saturday Evening Post. This was from the cover on the Sept 6, 1919 issue.
* To see the entire list of 20 items: The Norman Has Arrived list.
* To see only Fruzie’s Lazybones.
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Anna Harrison is represented on the 10th thimble in the Franklin Porcelain First Ladies Thimble set. Each thimble is made of porcelain bone china. Each is trimmed in 24k gold with a cameo portrait of the First Lady on the front. They are highly collectible pieces.
Here is the story of Anna Harrison:
Anna Symmes Harrison met Captain William Henry Harrison when she was 20, and although her father did not approve, a courtship ensued. The resourceful captain, aided by the girl’s mother, waited until the prospective father-in-law was absent for a time and then married Anna. Having overcome the obstacle of parental opposition, Anna and William laid a foundation for a marriage that was to produce no less than ten children.
As governor of the Indian Territory, Harrison was involved in military and political activitites. His defeat of the Indians in the Battle of Tippecanoe inspired the “Tippecanoe and Tyler too” slogan with which he attained the presidency — with John Tyler as Vice President.
Anna was ill and could not be with her husband at the time of his inauguration, so her widowed daughter-in-law accompanied him to Washington. At the inauguration, Harrison wore neither hat nor coat although it was a very cold day. He caught cold, developed pneumonia and pleurisy and died just one month after his inauguration. Anna Symmes never saw her “old warrior” again.
Because of her husband’s untimely death so soon after taking office, Anna never had the opportunity to live in the White House. Nevertheless, she is remembered not only as the wife of an American President but also as the grandmother of another. She is also the first President’s wife to come from New Jersey an the first whose schooling is a matter of historical record.
She died at the age of 89, survived by her only living son, John Harrison whose own son, Benjamin Harrison, was to become the 23rd President.
To view the details of this thimble or to purchase, click on the picture above or here: Anna Harrison.
To view all 36 First Ladies that Fruzie’s has in this set, click here: First Ladies Thimbles.
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Fruzie’s Collectibles is represented again on another Bonanzle list. This time it is the list, It’s Tea Time: Tea Cups and Tea Pots. Our item is the last one pictured on the first row. This list features 19 very nice tea cups and saucers plus 1 tea pot.
Our featured tea cup and saucer is a fine Paragon China Christian Dior Cup & Saucer. Here is the description of this piece:
Gorgeous English PARAGON China teacup and saucer. This beautiful teacup and saucer has a floral pattern and lavishly trimmed with gold.
The name of these beautiful roses is CHRISTIAN DIOR. The set is in very nice condition.
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