45 years ago my college friends bought me a lovely 21st birthday present, of a china horse and foal. Earlier this year the foal suffered a distressing accident (we had builders in, but no-one owned up, despite the pieces being carefully collected and put in a wooden goblet). I just left them in the goblet, sad that the foal was no more.
Today my other half suggested we go to Woodbridge to pick up the rest of my birthday present. I hadn't known that he'd taken the pieces to Hythe Conservation for them to be restored. I was amazed, and overjoyed, at the result.
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| bits and pieces: sob |
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| the ear back in place, with visible filler |
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| final state; no filler visible |
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| completely restored: as good as new! |
And there was a bonus. Even further back in time, my father had given me a horse and foal (there's a theme here), and the larger horse, unfortunately, broke, about 25 years ago. It wasn't protected enough in the move to our current house. I'm not sure why I kept it. But it also is now restored.
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| cut off at the knees |
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| back on her feet |
So, many thanks to my other half for thinking of this gift. And many thanks to the marvellous skills of Harriet Sylvester at Hythe Conservation that have restored these memories.
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