Irish Belleek

This is about 150 years old and is identified by the black logo on the bottom. This was given to me by my Grand Aunt Alice Maud Hope Byrne. My Aunt meant a great deal to our family and was the only family relative my mother had in this country. Alice Maud worked and supported herself as a cook and housekeeper for the Jackson family in Portland, Oregon. They were the owners and publishers of The Oregonian newspaper. She worked through her 84th year and then because of ill health she came to live with Fred and I. She became a little confused but one of happiest moments were when Fred came home from work, he would carry her into the front room and play Irish records for her. In her mind he had become her brother Freddie who had died at sea on his way back to Ireland from New South Wales, Australia. My parents were also living with us at this time,as they had given up farming in Montana, so my mother was able to spend time with her and felt she was repaying Aunt Alice for the many kindnesses she had given to our family, for example our first refrigerator was given to us by Aunt Alice.