Eileen Rose Busby
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Eileen Rose Busby (1922-2005), an author and antiques expert, was born Eileen May Rose in Two Harbors, Minnesota. Her parents, Frank and Esther Rose, relocated to San Diego while Eileen was still a baby.
Busby, who was married first to James (Jim) Scott and later to Richard Busby, often spoke before groups about antiques collecting, including teaching a how-to course for many years at Cuyamaca College. She also wrote two books on Royal Winton Porcelain and Cottage Ware. Her third book, Royal Winton Vintage Chintz and Pastel Ware, co-authored with daughter Cordelia Mendoza, is being released posthumously by Schiffer Books[1] in fall 2007.
She and her late husband Richard lived in England for 10 years, some of it spent in a thatched roof cottage, from where they traveled the countryside, researching Royal Winton and chintz. While living in England, Busby passed the U.K.'s Mensa exam.
Busby was a member of the San Diego chapter of Mensa [2] and the San Diego Press Club,[3] and was featured in 2004 in the Antiques Road Show's newsletter. She earned a bachelor's degree in sociology at age 62 from New York University.
She and Jim Scott had five children, two of whom -- J. Michael Scott and Cathy Scott -- are also authors. Eileen sold Royal Winton and chintz china pieces as a dealer at a daughter's antiques store] in Ocean Beach, California.
[edit] Books
- Royal Winton Porcelain: Ceramics Fit for a King 1998 [4]
- Cottage Ware: Ceramic Tableware Shaped As Buildings, 1920s-1990s 2003 [5]
