What does your china say about you?
Do you still match your first china pattern ?
Gold Corail
Giraud limoges…sold through Gump’s and Tiffany’s
when I registered for wedding china in the ’80′s…
Still in love with the uplifted scrolled edges, touched by gilt…
the shell textured rim, the tiny painted bugs on the
underside of the espresso saucer…
Slowly added piece by piece over the years…
Love the tendrils extending from the handles.
Rothschild Bird
Herend
Rothchild bird story…
… a 19th century tale about Baroness Rothschild,
who lost her pearl necklace in the garden of her Vienna residence.
Several days later it was found by her gardener,
who saw birds playing with it in a tree.
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Inspired by …Little Augury
I’m obviously a dreamer. Still love French, flowers, texture,
gilt, white, fanciful provenance . My flights of fancy are usually
balanced by constancy and periods of frugality. I have my coffee
every morning in the now chipped, finely crazed coffee cups
given to me by my best friend over 20 years ago.
As originally produced by Davenport 1794-1887
Burleigh Staffordshire
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What’s new…still looks old
My son gave his teacher an eggplant he’d picked for
back to school…
and she painted a thank-you note to him.
Love how the Astier de Villatte sauce boat
compliments the eggplant…
a covered Louis XV style tureen by Collection Regards
and
Ensensoir Oiseau for burning incense
or merely enjoying it’s sculptural quality…
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Astier de Villatte and Collection Regards look similar
because they began as one company and then parted ways..
Gorgeous. I love to inspire- the website of Astier de Villatte always inspires me! Beautiful selection, I have a client with the Rothschild Bird and it is lovely in mass and I would love some to add to my MA- wonderful with yours. By the by did you do up the book cover- I never made it to eb after I got your email. I am going to repost that Laurel post next week-I pulled it for some errors that I had no intention of correcting at the moment. Rose c’est la vie- a blog friend has done up a post about porcelains too!
I like your old baby sitter- very wise. G
G….Book cover ended 8/14…$370.94. Knew it wasn’t going to end well for me early on…quite charming and just the thought of it’s provenance carried several people away.
Just discovered your beautifully captivating blog ~ spent a heavenly hour pouring through your prior posts~ such a treat to see all of these lovely things serenely presented in such an artistic and thoughtful manner ~ you seem to say just enough and share so wonderfully what is is like to see through your eyes. If a Blog can be “Art” ~ yours qualifies.
~Jermaine~
Lovely post. I start my day with coffee in my Blue Calico mug. I picked this pattern for my everyday dishes as a bride in 1975, and it still makes me happy. And, by the way, you just have to love a kid who takes his teacher an eggplant—and the teacher who saved the moment in a splendid way