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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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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Blue and White is a perennial fashion favorite and we have endless combinations in so many shapes and sizes., Dress it up or dress it down and let the flowers be the focus.While we are at it, take a look at our new Lace mini Cake Plates. They are footed and just the perfect size for small appetizers or a cake for two. Intersperse them with other serving pieces on the buffet table for an eye catching display. Soon to arrive in five Lace colors to broaden your Mottahedeh Lace ...
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January 22, 2017
January 22, 2017
Did you know that Chinese New Year is next Saturday? We also noticed that many of you, while searching for our products, want to know more about how porcelain is made. The story about fine China porcelain will, therefore, make a perfect match. Enjoy it.
Porcelain and other types of ceramics are such an integral part of our everyday life that it is not something we notice. This was not always the case. Porcelain was once the rarest of materials in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries so that only ...
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