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Who says autumn has to be orange and brown? We are opting for a white autumnal palate featuring our Prosperity dinner service from Mount Vernon's George Washington Collection. The Washingtons 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.
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When a white bowl is anything but basic, our Prosperity bowl with its 3-dimensional detailed rim in a matte finish is an adaptation of George Washington's dinner service dating back to the 1700s. The original was English salt glaze that we updated to high fired hard porcelain. This is just one of the pieces from Mount Vernon collection.
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Our Peacock dinner service has a multitude of ancient meanings; Beauty, Good luck, Renewal, Royalty, Divinity, and Dreams to name just a few. Share these good fortunes with your friends!
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Our Palma dinner service is set out for brunch, I'm guessing no pajamas allowed at this table! 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. This lavish decoration incorporates the elements of a plate owned by Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, dating to 1667 and inspired by the domes of magnificent ...
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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 ...
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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.
Mottahedeh
Nov. 8, 2015
• 5:36 PM
• 3,289 days ago
Mottahedeh
Nov. 8, 2015
• 5:36 PM
• 3,289 days ago
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.