• About the House
    • About the House
    • About the Flowers
    • About the Garden
    • About the Kitchen
    • About the Jackal
    • Out on the table
  • Time Out
    • Time Out
  • Try Out
    • Help Out
    • Out Source
    • Out Smart
  • About Me
With Wings & Mind

About the House

White crockery and old books

We inherited this gorgeous old army chest from a dear friend and we found the little hanging cupboard at a local antiques shop. We love our white crockery – collected over the years – and try to use it often.

We have also collected old cookery books and some of them are by Hildagonda Duckitt – a famous South African cook from the early 1800s. We discovered a copy of one of her books in an old book store in Hermanus and found it contained newspaper clippings of the Pentz family from Groote Post. As we had met Nick Pentz, we offered this book to him and he was delighted to swop us a normal copy for this “family” one. Great that it returned to its rightful owners!

Do visit Groote Post if you are in the Darling area of the Western Cape. It has a beautiful old Cape Dutch house, restaurant and winery and is bursting with early Cape history. Fabulous wines too!

Army chest crockery-1-3_BS1024

Army chest crockery-1-6_BS1024

Army chest crockery-1-5_BS1024

Share

Facebook Google+ Twitter Pinterest Email

You might also like...

Previous
Next

About Us

I am Mouse Poynton – welcome to my blog.
Together with my husband – Richard – we live in the most spectacular setting deep in the Drakensberg Mountains of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. We love our life style

- living on a farm surrounded by a nature reserve
- creating and cooking interesting food together
- drinking our wines – made by our son-in-law
- decorating our house built by us and our local builders
- gardening with indigenous plants, vegetables and roses

Find Us On

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest

SEARCH

Latest Posts

  • FAVOURITE THINGS – ON THE SIDEBOARD
  • FLOWERS THROUGH THE JACKAL
  • A CAMEO FROM AROUND THE HOUSE
  • FAVOURITE THINGS – SIDEBOARD TREASURES
  • THROUGH THE KITCHEN AT JACKAL – COOLING RACKS
  • FAVOURITE THINGS – ANTIQUE CUTLERY
  • A CAMEO FROM AROUND THE HOUSE
  • FLOWERS THROUGH THE JACKAL
  • RECTORY TABLE WITH FRENCH IRON ENDS

Copyright 2023 With Wings & Mind

 

Loading Comments...