Gosh, how very exciting. I contacted MRY's studio and just received this reply.
Dear Fleur Hello...Mary Rose had a look at the photos and yes she made that one....more than anything she recognises her writing. She reckons 1984 made for a shop called Strangeways in Covent Garden....it really is one of her first ever "Rose Encrusted" pieces....it's probably fragile JamesThank You Floss for your link ! You see! There are still bargains to be found!
TTFN xxxxxx
I decided to turn this......
Into this......
And then.....
The sun came out.
TTFN xxxx
Anybody know anything about 'Mary Rose Young'? I picked this up at a Charity Shop quite a while back because I instantly fell in love with it. I had forgotten about it until I popped into my garage (remember that scary place?) and retrieved it. It's a bit dirty and slightly chipped, so am going to clean it up today. I wish I knew how old it was?
It's so pretty and colourful, it really cheers me up and I adore things that are both beautiful and functional also. Anyway, on the base there is a name, Mary Rose Young - and I was wondering whether you know of her or about her?
TTFN xxxxx
I mean erasers of course! I recently decided for no apparent reason to purchase somebody's 1980's collection of said erasers on Ebay. Actually there was only a few that interested me, nostalgically - and those were the Rose, The Joker and the Ariel packet .
But when they arrived in the post I can't tell you and am also slightly embarrassed to admit that I had such fun going through them all - each one lovingly wrapped in tissue paper. My husband and I laughed like school kids as each appeared to comments like, "Ooh I wanted that one....ooh I think I had that....oh yeah everyone had that one.....hmm that one always smudged...ooohh smell it smell it!'
I was amazed that I remembered so many - who knew!?
Do you recognise any? Or was it me that just made alot of mistakes? (and still does)
TTFNxxxxxxx
