This lovely nesting teapot and teacup set coordinates with the other pieces of Grace Teaware’s Blue Willow. Grace Teaware Reverse Blue Willow China > The little Blue Willow teapot holds enough for two cups of tea in the cup that it fits into. This set does not include an infuser. Grace Teaware Tea-for-One 5-Piece Glass…
You probably already know what Schoolhouse Lighting looks like. When you shop for lighting, especially a fan light, it is labeled. What I am going to write next is something I know. And it’s one of those things I know that I don’t remember where I learned it. So that means that the knowledge is…
Dogs in clothes is a thing. Paintings of dogs in uniform is a thing. I came across these when I was looking at Blue Willow dog dishes and I just had to share. If you Search for Dog in Emporium St.Louis eBay Store, you find these paintings of dogs. You can commission a painting of…
This week someone pinned a chair that looks like it’s made of glass. There was no link and no name, so I had to look for it. It is the Marilyn Acrylic Arm Chair. I found it on the Global Views website. Italian molded clear acrylic was inspired by our best selling Marilyn chairs. This…
Examples by E Wood and Sons, William Smith & Co and other traditional houses were made in browns, reds and other popular shades. The composition of gondolas in the waters of Venice are bordered with bold florals with a grand Italian feel. The example from the Madison Bay Company uses multiple shades of an attractive…
Similar to the Gondola pattern, the Green Toile tea set is transfer-printed in green on white porcelain with a classic English tea pattern. The teapot holds five cups. The teacups are 4″ in diameter. The saucers are 5 3/4″ across. The Green Botanical pattern from the Madison Bay Company has a beautifully shaped tea cup…
The Madison Bay Company, out of Pennsylvania, distributes antique reproduction tea sets made using the transferware process popular in the late 1700s. Liberty Blue isn’t really an antique reproduction. The pattern wasn’t made until more recently. The original Liberty Blue was Staffordshire china made by Enoch Wedgwood to commemorate the Bicentenial. It wasn’t expensive. Through…
This cheerful tea service is made with cranberry red transferware. It has a nautical motif, a ship in full sail, similar to the more complex pattern on Staffordshire Salem Fairwinds transferware. The tall cream pitcher and sugar bowl coordinate with a pot that is a compromise between the fuller shape of a traditional tea-pot and…
The Madison Bay Company, out of Pennsylvania, distributes antique reproduction tea sets made using the transferware process popular in the late 1700s. Although most transferware was made in cobalt blue, other shades became popular in America in the early 1800s. The Charleston or Carolina pattern is a classic brown transferware with low country scenes. Brown…
The Equestrian pattern is transfer-printed in black on white porcelain. A beautiful high-contrast design that is oh, so traditional. Equestrian transferware, with hunting scenes, carriage scenes or other scenes drawn from English or early American life are a traditional in vintage porcelain. These examples have an 18th century scene on each side of the traditional…
