Our solution for flowers with a short stem, a tea cup! These are the last of the flowers before a frost. A Famille Verte Tea cup and saucer is the is the perfect size, not too big, not too small, and the berries match the flowers perfectly, we threw in a few leaves to tie the whole thing together. Perfect for next your bed, or on a side table, guaranteed to brighten up every room.
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“Let them eat cake” is the most famous quote attributed to Marie-Antoinette, the queen of France during the French Revolution. As the story goes, it was the queen’s response upon being told that her starving peasant subjects had no bread. Because cake is more expensive than bread, the anecdote has been cited as an example of Marie-Antoinette’s obliviousness to the conditions and daily lives of ordinary people. But did she ever actually utter those words? Probably not. ...
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I found this in an old entertaining book. Does anyone set a formal table anymore? 12 pieces of cutlery and 5 drinking glasses, The world has certainly changed and gotten more casual. By these standards, our formal tables would be considered at most semi-formal.
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We're feeling a bit nutty right now with our Nut Leaf dessert set. Naturalists will love the leaves and nuts of four North American trees. The plates feature Pecan, Oak, Hazelnut and Chestnut. Available in a set of 4 dessert plates, set of 4 teacups and saucers, and a flat cake plate.
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Take your cakes to the next level with our footed cake stands, available in 2 sizes 5 colors; cobalt blue (shown) cornflower blue, green, pink, and apple green.
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Today's clouds put us in a blue mood. Our Iconic Blue Lace 5 piece place setting makes a statement on it's own and mixes well with other patterns.
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Enjoying a cup of tea in the garden. The leaf and berry design on our Famille Verte Teacup and saucer blend perfectly with this garden in Maine.
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We are enjoying Teacup Tuesday with a few good cookies and a Teacup and Teapot in the Robert Haviland & C. Parlon pattern Syracuse. The name has made more than one poet dream. Arielle de Brichambaut has made it a decorative jewel that imprisons the turquoise of the Mediterranean in the gold of Greek and Roman civilizations.
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Happy National Book Lovers Day! We love books and show it with this keepsake tray. Find one that expresses you, there are over 65 to pick from.
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We are enjoying these fresh picked off the tree In the Prosperity Bowl from the Mount Vernon collection. Mount Vernon, George and Martha Washington's family estate, licensed this lovely design. The Washington's had a deep affinity for stoneware and creamware and used it extensively. Salt -glazed fragments excavated from the grounds were replicated in great detail for this pattern. The most well known style of the period, English Staffordshire stoneware was popular by 1765. Our design is made of ...
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Flowers brighten up every room. This little treasure is an exact reproduction of a porcelain purchased by Mottahedeh from Christie's auction in 1992 featuring recovered cargo of of the Vung Tao sailing ship. The ship sank off the coast of Vietnam in 1690. The recovered cargo consisted of over 48,000 ceramics, mostly Kangxi blue-and-white porcelain from the kilns of Jingdezhen. This miniature covered jar is 6 1/2 inches tall and is faithfully reproduced in minute detail.
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It's time to enjoy a meal outdoors and with our tin picnic plates we make it easy for you. They come packed 4 to a reusable tin box, enjoy your meal, then put the used plates back in the tin box to take home and clean without making a mess of your picnic blanket and basket. Shown here is the Turkish Garden design, also available in Blue pagoda, Ming, American Ships, Lowestoft Rose, Blue Dragon, and Lotus Blossom.
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Nice warm summer sunshine and a cool breeze makes this tea break extra bright! Pink Lace teacup & saucer, and dessert plate with a couple of Ladurée macarons.
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Everything tastes better on Porcelain. Here we are enjoying avocado on our classic lace pattern in Apple green, Also available in Cobalt Blue, Cornflower Blue, Green and Pink
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Opulence is the word that best describes this tea set from Robert Haviland & C. Parlon. Constellation has "Czars in their eyes" favored by the Empresses in the 1770s. Translucent cobalt glaze under a radiating 22K gold geometric design with an encrusted filet. We feel like royalty when using this service, make sure you stick your pinky out!
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Today's Teacup Tuesday is celebrated with the power of the dragon. In the Orient, it symbolizes supernatural power, wisdom, strength, and hidden knowledge. Enjoy a cup of tea and discover yourself. Shown here is our Blue dragon tea service, including the tea pot, tea cup and saucer, covered sugar bowl and creamer sitting upon a blue lace tray, a mug is also available.
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A vintage piece of Mottahedeh creamware. This lovely rococo tiered candy dish features ornate carvings of dolphins and sea shells perched upon coral branches. It is very romantic and reminiscent of many fountains found in Europe.
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Celebrate Teacup Tuesday with Daphne from Robert Haviland & C Parlon. The modern coupe shape is hand-painted and adorned with a 22K gold branch in Limoges France that adds that extra sparkle with being fussy.