Heirlooms

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Heirloom-BorderLacedNapkin
Heirloom-BorderLacedNapkin
Heirloom-RoundLacedCoasters
Heirloom-RoundLacedCoasters
Heirloom-WhiteGreenLinen
Heirloom-WhiteGreenLinen
Heirloom-WoodElephant
Heirloom-WoodElephant
Probably bouth in Taiwan by Holmquist family. circa 1960.
Heirloom-PewterCraneCandlestick
Heirloom-PewterCraneCandlestick
Rinell heirloom
Heirloom-Fisherman
Heirloom-Fisherman
Heirloom-WoodPick
Heirloom-WoodPick
Bought in Taiwan by Holmquist family 1960.
Heirloom-Crystal
Heirloom-Crystal
Lennart Holmquist bought this crystal from a bedouin boy (perhaps 13 years old) in the Sinia desert (occupied Egypt) around 1973.
Heirloom-BeigeBowl
Heirloom-BeigeBowl
Possibly from Martin (Jill's)_ side of the family.
Heirloom-Motorcycle
Heirloom-Motorcycle
Owned by Roy Rinell when a boy in China.
Heirloom-BeigeBowlBottom
Heirloom-BeigeBowlBottom
May be from Jill Holmquist's family. From: Doris Brown Date: May 3, 2012 9:12:23 PM EDT To: Ark Subject: Re: 2 great iPhotos Good seeing you to day ! Nope ! Do not know them ,but seeing them is nice ! hugs mom On 003fridMay0820122005, at 6:08 PM, Ark wrote: Hi, Are you familiar with this beige Chinese bolw. It is about 9 or 10 inches across. Scroll down to see a photo of the bottom of the bowl. Len
Heirloom-Bronze4Legged
Heirloom-Bronze4Legged
From: Doris Brown Date: April 28, 2012 11:30:51 PM EDT To: Ark Subject: Re: Heirloom-Bronze4Legged I do not remember seeing it in my house ? LOVE Doris On 028fridApr0820122005, at 8:24 PM, Ark wrote: Hi, I took the photo of the urn here in our house in Chapel Hill. The red cloth is just something I had around so that the urn would stand out. I think the urn (or whatever it is) was in Sulatorp for a while, so I was assuming in came from one of the Rinell's homes in China. Len On Apr 28, 2012, at 11:18 PM, Doris Brown wrote: Not my house .We did not have a red cloth like that either did n Egron and I dont thik Farmor ,I really dont know ? Could have need Erok and Thora Thong in Gaumi he was killed by a bullet ,But when they first came out they had more money that the Rinells and were in language school in Peking ,so they spoke with a Prking acent where the rest of us were Kiaohsien slang(too-hua) Mom On 028fridApr0820122005, at 8:13 PM, Ark wrote: Whose home was this in, in Kioahsien? Len On Apr 28, 2012, at 10:05 PM, Doris Brown wrote: Sometimes used for ashes , but in my time the body was burried no ashes were buried. Sometimes it was displaid in front of one of the gods with burning insence mamma On 028fridApr0820122005, at 6:53 PM, Ark wrote: Hi, I love this. Do you know what the history is behind this? Len
Heirloom-PorcelainPlatesFigures
Heirloom-PorcelainPlatesFigures
Heirloom-GreenNestedBowls
Heirloom-GreenNestedBowls
Probably came from Jill Holmquist's side of the family. From: Doris Brown Date: April 28, 2012 10:00:52 PM EDT To: Ark Subject: Re: Heirloom-GreenNestedBowls No, probably Roy bought them at some place ????? Not from out home in China love Mom On 028fridApr0820122005, at 6:52 PM, Ark wrote: Hi Mom, Are you familiar with these Chinese bowls? Same design but different sizes. Len
 Heirloom-BowlTopPaintedFigures
Heirloom-BowlTopPaintedFigures
Rinell heirloom
Heirloom-GreekCarpet
Heirloom-GreekCarpet
Bought by Len and Jill Holmquist in Turkey circa 1990. However, it is Greek from a Greek island. Unfortunately the carpet got wet and the colors ran.
Heirloom-WoodCarvedScreen
Heirloom-WoodCarvedScreen
Belonged to Bernard Holmquist. Probably given to him by Rinell side of the family. Lennart remembers seeing on his dad's dresser in his bedroom and later his father's desk when he was a boy.
Heirloom-BlueStichedNapkin
Heirloom-BlueStichedNapkin