Great pictures, Markiz37! Nice to see Pink Intuition can be so beautiful, even if it doesn't grow or bloom as much as its red counterpart. Kathy and Susan, I actually feel better in a strange way at hearing Hocus Pocus might be the same as Memphis Music. I feel better about not having been able to buy the former. So maybe that reverted Memphis Magic I seem to have is actually the reverted Black Beauty I was curious about. Or if not, at least is indestinguishable. Makes me think of some other roses that are commonly mistaken for each other: like the floribundas Nicole and Hanna Gordon; the HT Barcelona and tea Francis Dubreuil. Or what about those body-bag roses at Walmart or Home Depot with pictures and printed descriptions that look identical to well-known varieties but which are being sold with names I can find in no database anywhere? Hmm.... sounds a little suspicious to me. I have yet to buy any like that. I have a hard enough time dealing with somebody giving me a gift rose without a name. I have a pathological need to know what I'm growing. "Yellow rose" just is not good enough. lol I wish I could afford (space and money both) to order duplicates. I actually don't have more than one of any single rose I grow at the moment. Maybe that's living dangerously. But my yard is so tiny. I try to partially compensate by giving rooted cuttings of some (older ones of course) to friends and neighbors. That way, if one of mine meets an untimely death, I have someone I can mooch some cuttings from. I couln't recall the names of my failed Careless Love striped rose the other day. It didn't die, just never had any stripes. Now I remember it's from the Radiance family. But I still not sure if it reverted back to Radiance or Mrs. Charles Bell, supposedly a subtle shell-pink version of the Radiance roses. Anyway, it's sitll growing happily in front of my next door neighbor's home. Mike

It's a fairly simple oak dresser with wishbone mirror. Looks to be about the turn of the century...maybe up to 1920. That simple style was often used in hotels and bording houses, so maybe what they told you is only glamorized a little bit. It appears to be solid construction, not veneer, you could probably get $250 for it to an individual, maybe $175 from a dealer....depending on where you live. Linda C

So.....they are not "pottery"...that is unglazed bisque?....not that composition stuff? But if they are soap stone they would have to be carved individually and would not be patent pending. Wonder if the patent was granted? There ought to be a way to do a search on the artist's name at the patent office....probably available on line. Because they say patent pending I am sure they are not one of a kind. Perhaps they are the babies from a movie? Or a children's book? Sorry....never seen anything like them. Linda C

I always thought brush washes were quite a bit smaller than that. I google imaged "famille rose fish bowl" there are quite a few on there, but I couldn't find one like yours. Do you have an antiques dealer or auction house that deals in Asian Antiques near to you? Truly good Asian antiques are doing really well right now, so it would be a good time to figure it out. Sometimes it takes a long time to figure out exactly what you have. I have a vase that I've had for a number of years, every once in a while I try to do some more research. One day I will figure it out, maybe....;-) mfrog