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YorkieRose · 05-26-2006, 08:30 AM

Oh, boy have you started a flood of memories for me....

I have been to a couple show breeders homes that were Yorkie from front to back...
The late Zee Darasak of Cup'O'Luv was the first and her guest bathroom was Yorkie from the wall paper to the rugs, to the toliet seat, towels, soap, ...
She had every collectable ever made I think...I have often wondered about it aftr her death..

BUT, the best one was an English breeder in Harpers Ferry, VA. She invited my friend and me when she planned to move back to London. We bought some of her Yorkie things..

The dining room was a master piece. The chairs had needlepoint Yorkies on the tapestry backs...one wall was painted with a mural of an English garden and all her Yrokies were playing in the garden..inside the china cabinet the back was a painted scene of her show Yorks and all the silver winnings/ribbons/certs were in that cabinet...but, the best of all was an area rug under the dining table with at least a 12 inch border of needle pointed Yorkies running all around the edge. She wanted $3000 for the rug..and that was 15 yrs ago.

I still have a few of the figurines I bought from her...neither of us could afford that rug!!!

When my UK friend died a few years ago, she left me her Sylvia Smith collection.. retired now. Sylvia used my friends Yorkies as models. I think I have 10 pieces...well, somewhere along the line the ears got "nibbled" off the Yorkies on a piece called.."The Yorkie Picnic"...I looked up Sylvia Smith on the net..and emailed her in Wales.
She said all the molds were broken and most pieces were hand done and there were no more. She asked me to send her the piece and she would repair it...

I got it back two months ago..brand new EARS....plus she put an orginial label on it..and said to insure it for $1500. Her note back to me said.." When I oponed the box and took out the piece, it was the first time in 20 years I have held it in my hands."..she thanked ME for sending it to her to repair.
She told me about her work room and as she repaired the piece she was watching the lambs run across the moors...I am so sappy..when I opened the box, it smelled like England..I have it in the closet and sometimes I close my eyes, smell the tissue paper and I am a child again.....I know, I know, I need help!!! :P:

05-26-2006, 08:30 AM	#6
YorkieRose No Longer a Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: South Florida Posts: 8,577	Yorkie Style Oh, boy have you started a flood of memories for me.... I have been to a couple show breeders homes that were Yorkie from front to back... The late Zee Darasak of Cup'O'Luv was the first and her guest bathroom was Yorkie from the wall paper to the rugs, to the toliet seat, towels, soap, ... She had every collectable ever made I think...I have often wondered about it aftr her death.. BUT, the best one was an English breeder in Harpers Ferry, VA. She invited my friend and me when she planned to move back to London. We bought some of her Yorkie things.. The dining room was a master piece. The chairs had needlepoint Yorkies on the tapestry backs...one wall was painted with a mural of an English garden and all her Yrokies were playing in the garden..inside the china cabinet the back was a painted scene of her show Yorks and all the silver winnings/ribbons/certs were in that cabinet...but, the best of all was an area rug under the dining table with at least a 12 inch border of needle pointed Yorkies running all around the edge. She wanted $3000 for the rug..and that was 15 yrs ago. I still have a few of the figurines I bought from her...neither of us could afford that rug!!! When my UK friend died a few years ago, she left me her Sylvia Smith collection.. retired now. Sylvia used my friends Yorkies as models. I think I have 10 pieces...well, somewhere along the line the ears got "nibbled" off the Yorkies on a piece called.."The Yorkie Picnic"...I looked up Sylvia Smith on the net..and emailed her in Wales. She said all the molds were broken and most pieces were hand done and there were no more. She asked me to send her the piece and she would repair it... I got it back two months ago..brand new EARS....plus she put an orginial label on it..and said to insure it for $1500. Her note back to me said.." When I oponed the box and took out the piece, it was the first time in 20 years I have held it in my hands."..she thanked ME for sending it to her to repair. She told me about her work room and as she repaired the piece she was watching the lambs run across the moors...I am so sappy..when I opened the box, it smelled like England..I have it in the closet and sometimes I close my eyes, smell the tissue paper and I am a child again.....I know, I know, I need help!!! :P: