High Tea

[andiesenji]

That china is gorgeous, Maddy.

I love Cornish pottery too, although I no longer have any.
A few years ago one of my friends bought a house built in the 1920s, in Pasadena, and had it restored to as near original condition as possible.
The kitchen was tiled, counters, backsplash and floor, in the little hexagonal tiles, white and blue - just the color of Cornish ware - so I gave her the pieces I had, not many, but there was an unusual globe teapot and a fairly large mortar and pestle.
She was able to find one of the vintage kitchen ranges of the era and had it restored and painted the same color blue. 

The accent color in the kitchen is primrose yellow so it is a very striking room. 

[maddy]

Wow Andie.....I can just imagine how cheery that kitchen would look!
She is lucky to a have a generous friend like you  and interestingly enough, that globe teapot you gave to her, is actually on the rarity list.  It's an investment piece for sure 

I did have quite a blue and wood themed decor....very country style.  I wanted a change, and wanted to paint every piece of wood that I had painstakingly stained - painted white.    LOL....hubby woke up to a shock in the morning, when he spotted my handywork through the night 
Wasn't sure if the soft green and pinks would work with the cornishware, but I happened to look at a cherished serving tray......Bingo.....I knew the colours would fit    Happy dance!





Sorry Hally for hijacking your thread.

[andiesenji]

I love those, Maddy.

My kitchen is more or less earth toned - with some cobalt blue and emerald green touches with a yellow element at one end but it was originally designed to be a working commercial kitchen in a home so there aren't many "designer" elements. 

[Cornish Cream]

I have one piece of CornishWare Judy,it came with Cornish Blue Cheese in it,like this,the far picture on the right
http://www.cornishcheese.co.uk/index.html
Maddy you are very welcome to the piece of pottery,it's specially produced for the Cheese Makers by CornishWare,PM me if you would like it 

ABSOLUTELY YES PLEASE CC.....

Would you believe, I actually had tried to order that very jar.....but of course it wasn't permitted because of the cheese!    don't we import cheese that is in our supermarkets 
Anyway.......CC, you are a darling-gorgeous lady  .....and I will PM you 

IT FEELS LIKE CHRISTMAS MORNING!!!!

It's all packaged up ready to go,just waiting for your PM so it can be popped in the post.

[maddy]

Done CC 

[Halex]

I am really enjoying looking at everyoens china - nice to see it all

Hally.

[knittercook]

I really like Royal Alberts "Lady Carlyle" and that may be a good one to collect, my MIL has the country roses complete dinner set with all the accessories and is available for us to borrow for special occasions.

Am really enjoying this thread 

Sharon

[Halex]

I too like the Lady Carlyle , but sadly cant afford to have 2 collections. I still need more pieces for my OCR, but by bit over the years I will acquire more.

Hally

[faffa_70]

My mum had a Noritake set that my Dad gave her as an engagement present. That is now their everyday set  (us kids would have been killed if we even went near it years ago lol)

she has just started to collect the Nikko Precious set when it was deleted. http://www.nextag.com/nikko-precious/shop-html

She was devastated. We still manage to get her bits and pieces from www.replacements.com but at a price!

I am happy to do so though as neither of my sisters like the set and it will become mine when she passes and we both call it "OUR" dinnerset now lol

[knittercook]

I too like the Lady Carlyle , but sadly cant afford to have 2 collections. I still need more pieces for my OCR, but by bit over the years I will acquire more.

I priced the LC yesterday, $1300 for a 20 piece setting 

I know where I will be buying mine from:
http://www.victoriasbasement.com.au/Product_subcategory.aspx?ParCatID=DW&SubCat1=DWRALC

[djinni373]

Hally your high tea looked gorgeous and has inspired me to dust off my Royal Albert Country Roses setting and plan some occasions to use it. Thank you.

Thermoheaven thanks for the Victoria's Basement link. I went there yesterday and got the matching teapot that I have wanted for ages but always thought was too expensive. 

Fabulous food, beautiful china, friendship and generosity across the world. Loving this thread. It is an inspiration on so many levels!

[thermoheaven]

The other place to check and compare for prices is petersofkensington.com.au. The only reason why i posted the Victoria's basement link was because they've been advertising and i thought the pattern looked mighty familiar, and it was.

[Halex]

Thanks djinni - it was really nice to use the OCR and I also enjoyed all the cooking. So glad I inspired you. I am going to use it more often as it is really nice to drink tea of out of fine bone china.

I too am enjoying this thread.

I would love to buy the Lady C china too - but I think one set is enough for now.

Hally

[maddy]

I too like the Lady Carlyle , but sadly cant afford to have 2 collections. I still need more pieces for my OCR, but by bit over the years I will acquire more.

I priced the LC yesterday, $1300 for a 20 piece setting 

I know where I will be buying mine from:
http://www.victoriasbasement.com.au/Product_subcategory.aspx?ParCatID=DW&SubCat1=DWRALC

That's a fabulous price on V/Basement 


I was fortunate to find and pick up the L.C. - full  8 person setting  (it was a "made in China" replica  ).  It was in a vintage store that had just opened up close by.  I Swooped it quick smart! You might see it in some of my posts.
$100 for the lot! and that included milk, sugar & cream jugs



It fools many people.....until they flip it over and read it's origins