by Helen Kain | Dec 11, 2017 | Black, Blue, Christmas, Green, Pink and Red, White, Winter Tablescapes
Nostalgic scenes of a country village all decked out for Christmas; David Carter Brown has done it again. Each of the four salad plates highlights one area of the street that comprises the original artwork. And such a lovely, heartwarming street it is! Take me to that...
by Helen Kain | Nov 16, 2017 | Amber, Blue, Christmas, Fall Tablescapes, Green, Winter Tablescapes
Part of the Dapper Animals series by West Elm, these four “couples” plates stole my heart. Especially the Hedgehog, with his Chipmunk wife. I was late to the party on these plates, and discovered them on Pinterest long after they’d been...
by Helen Kain | Oct 26, 2017 | Amber, Cobalt, Fall Tablescapes, Green, Thanksgiving, White
Upland Game by Copeland Spode is one of the first set of game bird plates I acquired. When we were setting up the Cape House a bunch of years ago, Elise Abrams helped us select some turquoise and blue tableware to go with the “beachy” theme of the...
by Helen Kain | Oct 23, 2017 | Amber, Cobalt, Fall Tablescapes, Terracotta, Thanksgiving, Vintage china, White
Imari style patterns are a tableware classic, featuring bold tones of deep orange and cobalt blue. Bittersweet by Royal Cauldon combines the colours of Imari with an all-over-chintz pattern, featuring extra highlights of teal and apple green with touches of gold on...
by Helen Kain | Oct 12, 2017 | Amber, Blue, Brown, Fall Tablescapes, Thanksgiving
Game Birds by Johnson Brothers is a casually elegant pattern evoking visions of misty Scottish moors filled with bracken and heather. Johnson Brothers produced the pattern between 1953 and 1976, and typical of specialty sets, Game Birds features a number of different...
by Helen Kain | Oct 5, 2017 | Blue, Cobalt, Fall Tablescapes, Green, Thanksgiving, Yellow
Cobalt blue, vivid yellow, lime green and deep red is not a combination that immediately comes to mind when I think about turkey plates. But somehow these just seemed to work. Made sometime in the early 20th century by Enoch Woods of Burslem, England, these lively...
