[Mccoypottery-talk] land mine

[Patti]

I think you will agree that they did not get turned into
any covered casserole.

Yep I agree I figured  someone  embellished the  story  maybe to
impress  thinking we  were just flea dealers and  didn't know what we
were selling  LOLL we  didn't really say  what we  knew or didn't LOL .
Heck I just learned I am descendant from a pottery company and so far
have  not had any luck seeing any  they company  new makes  sinks .
also  distantly related to an old  auto manufacturer. Until recently I
knew  very little  about My fathers  family  met them  some anyway  when
I was just  14 and  my Grand Pop  died didn't even know  my paternal
paternal  side LOL. If anyone ever comes across  Durant Pottery  and so
far I haven't been able to see  any  I would love to see a pic.
MY  fathers side  were all tradesman  artisans  even shoemakers   all
from  Italy and are  scattered all over the usa.
I accidentally met  a cousin  when  two sets  of in  laws opened a
consignment shop in my town it was so great to hear  my  poppop's
brother  is  93  and still kicking and  ushering   in  a church in the
manyunk PA.
And My other  great uncles grandson   still has a shoe maker and repair
shop  there that  his granfather and  his father al owned for   a lot of
years.
When I get another car I  will  finally get to meet  my  relatives I
don't  know personally  but Know of now . I am still trying to find info
on  one or two brothers  my father has/had who were by my  Pops second
marriage   after they split  they took her name  sounds like I may
get  a bit too much info  <grin>  but   I  still want to know them
before  all of the older ones are gone.
I know from some info My cousin gave me  that  most of them love and
have lots of  pottery and porcelain .. pottery  and who knows could have
worked in  companies after coming here from italy. one of my great
finds  was in  that  new consignment shop  a wonderful  umbrella holder
that   another   relative  consigned   because   they thought it ugly
with  coats of houseplant  in it  I  resorted it   stripping  really
carefully  off all that pint to find  a  very  pretty  and I think
unfinished  piece ( it looks like  the  artist  mad  a boo bo and  maybe
took it home with him or her  as a  rejected  item  so it was never
painted   or refired  after  the glazing. and it wound up   in
Philadelphia it looks   t like Roseville but  I can't be sure  it has no
markings . I have it   displayed  right by my front door   (but  nobody
is allowed to put umbrellas in it LOL it has a drain hole  in  the
bottom and I have solid oak  floors  we just had done  2 years ago..  I
have pics if anyone wants to se it  . MY cousin used it for 31 years
after finding it in her attic upside down  as a plant stand. so I  got
a  great  pottery piece and   found   family   to boot .
I usually find  the bes stuff when I am not looking for it  I was
actually just bring in   stuffto cinsign and hang out helping for an
hour  or two  getting items  marked /tagged and I saw it sitting  on a
table with  that gosh awful creamy yelow  with  some painted blue trim
took  a week to  get it   all of  but it was worth it. indoor outdoor
paint on it   several coats
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