Fortunately, I have some of my dearest whatnots and things from my childhood home during the time I was growing up and thankfully, not one is broken, though I am not much for whatnots otherwise! But my mom had some that she always had in our home and passed to my sister who passed them to me about 10 years ago. Especially dear are two beautiful little girl figures my mother bought that resemble my sister and me. I grew up seeing those sitting on my mom's dressing table or bureau. Plus a few other things that survived from childhood. Things I saw everyday as a child, young person and now as an adult. Kind of neat to have things that have ALWAYS been part of one's life & still are. But they are just to look at and no one uses them at table or in washing up, no doubt helping their survival.
My older sister's husband bought her two large, lovely porcelain Kewpie babies about 8" tall on their honeymoon. They are lovely fine, delicate works of art and though they have moved fairly frequently at first, when he was in the Navy, and kept the Kewpies displayed prominently in their home all through the years, she still has those and plans to gift them to me when she passes on. I hope I can keep them safe as I have always seen those every time I visited my sister's home over the many years. So some old treasures of my childhood are thankfully still intact.
__________________  Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |