Fresh from the garden, Tulips and Hyacinth to brighten up this table featuring our new Sacred Bird and Butterfly dinner service from the Historic Charleston Foundation collection. This is an adaptation is from a Chinese export pattern of about 1800 and was intended for those who admired the sophistication of placing traditional Chinese motifs of birds, butterflies and flowers on European shapes.
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The table is set for a beautiful Sunday Supper with our Bargello dinner service. This charming pattern has a contemporary vibrancy and versatility that belies its antique origins, adapted from English porcelain, circa 1810. Like the needlework for which it is named, it combines random dashes of red, green, blue, yellow, orange and magenta is a geometric patchwork enhanced by 22 carat gold lines.
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Don't hide your good dishes in the closet, use them! Our dishes are made from high fired hard porcelain, they are quite durable and dishwasher safe. Shown here is Golden Butterfly, the original of this distinguished dinner service was made in China for the East India Company during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor (1736-1795). Glowing against a starry sky of cobalt blue are golden butterflies signifying happiness. It became the personal dinner service of President Ronald and Nancy Reagan while ...
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A lemon meringue tart sits pretty on our Chelsea Feather Gold plates. Tradition with a modern twist, Mottahedeh deconstructed a formal Rococo dinner service dating back to 1770, keeping the scalloped shape and 22K gold feathered edge and removed the design to create a clean fresh look.
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We are celebrating Teacup Tuesday like royalty with this Duke of Gloucester tea service from the Colonial Williamsburg Collection. The dinner service was originally made for William Henry, Duke of Gloucester, circa 1770. This extraordinary pattern, featuring twenty colors and 22k gold, is one of the finest manifestations of the Rococo style. The design incorporates colorful fruit and imaginary insects within a rim of green enamel and gold flecking.
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May 29, 2019
May 29, 2019
Our Honeysuckle stoneware pattern is new for summer 2019! The red and pink hue is an ever-changing palette with the reactive glazes creating a lovely variance each time. The deep bowl is 10" in diameter at the top and is ideal for dinner service or as a lovely centerpiece.
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April 1, 2019
April 1, 2019
Happy to see Royal Copenhagenโs Blomst pattern featured in this monthโs Tableware Today. (...I didnโt know that RV hadnโt launched a new dinner service pattern 10 years.)
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November 8, 2015
November 8, 2015
Blue and white is always in style. The Pattern of Month this month is Mottahedeh's Imperial Blue.
Since the Ming Dynasty, imperial blue and white porcelains have been prized by collectors and connoisseurs around the world. Edged in 22k gold, this underglazed blue dinner service is based on a Chinese export porcelain pattern, ca. 1730. The elegant design features a central flowered medalion, continuous collar and floral sprays.
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May 10, 2015
May 10, 2015
Have you seen Mottahedeh's new Palma pattern?
Palma is a reproduction of a dinner service, circa 1840, designed by Fyodor Solntsev, the great Russian art historian, who painted interiors for cathedrals and designed much of the Kremlin under the patronage of Tsar Nicolas I.
When consulting with Pickard China for a new state china service, First Lady Michelle Obama wanted it to have modern elements, but also for it to be practical, in the sense that it would be complementary to the preceding historic state services. The Obama State China Service consists of eleven-piece place settings for 320.(3,520 pieces) Mrs. Obama sought a different color from the more primary red, green, blue, and yellow used on the more recent state services. She chose a blue inspired by the ...
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June 7, 2011
June 7, 2011
LUNES, new from Raynaud Porcelain
Speaking of creative tabletop and culinary entertainment, Raynaud Porcelain and Devine Corp. are introducing LUNES a new tableware range that represents a combination of chef, designer, and porcelain maker. Three star Michelin chef Anne Sophie Pic, along with designers Catherine and Bruno Lefebvre have teamed to bring this new dinnerware collection to appeal to all the gastronomic pleasures.
With a range consisting of approximately 50 items, LUNES is ...
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