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…
The Madison Bay Company also makes mini tea sets in a reproduction botanical floral Rose pattern in both cobalt blue and traditional red versions. Perfect for a tea party, these little sets are about half sized. They come with a small teapot, only 4 1/2″ long spout to handle and 3 1/2″ high. The miniature…
I’ve been looking for an option for the handles and knobs in our new kitchen. The countertops are going to be cobalt blue and I collect Blue Willow China. Here are three of options I have found. Blue Willow Plate Ceramic Drawer Knob These ceramic knobs are glazed white with a transfer tiny blue willow…
There are three coordinating Ralph Lauren Blue and White Chinoiserie Fine China Dinnerware Collections that mix and match. A fourth collection also has Chinese Blue and White motifs. Ralph Lauren Mandarin Blue on eBay > They are retired patterns, but you can still find them on eBay on Amazon. Ralph Lauren Mandarin Blue Floral on…
The classic blue willow pattern is a natural for cross stitch and there are a lot of patterns, kits and projects available. Cross Stitch Books Cross-Stitch in Blue & White by Trice Boerens, Debra Wells, Gloria Judson and Terrece Beesley This is an old book. It may be at your library or you can get…
Ralph Lauren used to make some beautiful Chinese style collections. There were a few of them; Dorsey, Tamarind, Palm Harbor, Jobs Lane, Nanking Dragon, the Archival Collection and some variations on those names. All the blue and white bedding works together beautifully. This bed mixes Palm Harbor with other blue and white Chinoiserie inspired bedding….
I would love to have Blue Willow accessories in the bathroom. That sounds pretty easy, doesn’t it? Not as easy as it sounds. This is what I have been able to find. This tissue box cover by Jacaranda Living is sewn out of a linen cotton blend. The pagoda is embroidered in cobalt blue. It…
Tribeca Living has a beautiful blue and white pattern named Catalina. The collection includes sheets, curtains, duvet covers, bedspreads, shams and Euro shams, dust ruffles and coordinating pillows in various shapes. Tribeca Living Queen Sized 5-Piece Catalina Bedding Sets; Pillow Cases, Duvet Cover, Shams on Amazon Tribeca Living Queen Sized 12-Piece Catalina Bedding Sets; Flat…
Fifteen years ago, maybe more, I saw a little Blue Willow table made out of ceramic at TJ Maxx. By the time I thought about it and decided I couldn’t live without it, it was gone. And I have repented ever since. Every time I see one in a picture on someone’s porch, I wish…
The January 2018 issue of Southern Living regular series Home & Garden, Beautiful Spaces – Inside and Out, Before & After shows how decorator Allison Allen transformed a 1951 Atlanta house in the article titled The Best Kind of Hand Me Downs. The article is by Elizabeth Passarella with photographs by Hector Manuel Sanchez.The family…
