Two’s Company Blue Willow and Blue and White Chinoiserie Floral are classic cobalt blue and white. You can get machine washable cotton placemats with a dark blue scalloped edge and thick paper single use placemats. The coordinating napkins are thick absorbent cotton that could be used as a quick dry dish towel. You might find…
Johnson Brothers makes glasses and stemware with the Blue Willow motif printed onto clear glass. The Blue Italian glasses have the Imari Oriental border that coordinates with many cobalt blue under-glaze ceramics. Johnson Brothers Willow Blue Glasses Johnson Brothers has made a lot of different sizes and shapes of Blue Willow (which they call Willow…
The teapot has a detailed view of the Main House with workers and animals busy on the estate as a balloon soars overhead. The shape of the teapot is traditional. Juliska Country Estate Delft Blue Teapot on Amazon The sugar bowl and cream pitcher are sold individually. Both have the dairy barn on one side…
Juliska Country Estate china are illustrated with toile landscape scenes of a farm in France. It is available in pink and grey, but of course I like the delft blue pieces best. Cobalt blue scenes that tell a different story on each piece. They have a feel of Blue Willow, but with a very fresh…
This is just a short post about Blue Willow Oven Mitts and Pot Holders. Most of the ones I found last time aren’t available anymore, so when I came across these, I decided to share. The set includes two Blue Willow print oven mitts and two Blue Willow print pot holders. Blue Willow Print Pot…
Blue Willow transfer porcelain has been put onto probably everything. These fun little cows are some of my favorite pieces. This is an antique cow cream pitcher with blue willow transfer applied under the glaze. I’ve come across these at junk shops and received them as gifts over the years. Blue and White Delft Cows…
The post about decor with Queen Anne’s Lace print got away from me, so I moved all of the bedding to a second post. There are quite a few options available that have Queen Anne’s Lace on bedding as long as you don’t mind it being mixed in with other wild flowers. This print has…
Queen Anne’s Lace grows wild around here. If you pick it, it smells like carrots. That’s because it is a carrot, pretty much. It’s sometimes called wild carrot, although there is another kind of wild carrot around here that makes more carrot, less flower. You can eat the carroty root of Queen Anne’s Lace. It…
I can never have too many hand towels. I prefer the cotton terrycloth ones. Any cotton towel that is absorbent is useful. And I have a lot of rather useless un-absorbent synthetic towels that I bought anyway because I like the picture so much. This set has chinoiserie designs embroidered onto cotton terry cloth. Quera…
This is the Cobalt Blue Net or Mesh pattern china from Russia. The basic pattern is crossing lines with “bugs” or bows where they cross. They have been made a long time and are available new and used in hundreds of variations. Lomonosov Porcelain Tulip Cobalt Net Sets on Amazon The white porcelain with cobalt…
