HYACINTHS FOR THE SOUL

Thursday, May 15, 2014

Our Wedding China

Cuisine Kathleen's Wedding China Challenge

I didn't have an opportunity to set a table this week for Kathleen's challenge, but as I've read many of the posts I realized one of the aspects I enjoyed most were the stories everyone shared of the special memories about their wedding china. This made me long to join in the fun. I remembered I had created a previous post on our wedding china, so I reached back in the archives to retrieve some of the photos to share in the fun of Kathleen's challenge.

Still in love and

happily married for 39 years this August!

All these years later I wouldn't change a thing,

including our choice of fine china which we

selected together when we registered for our wedding china.

Richard Ginori ~ Palermo Brown

We selected this pattern for its simplicity

and the touch of chocolate brown.

Our crystal selection was by Denby

in a rich amber brown with clear stems.

Richard Ginori china has been produced since 1735.

As with many of the porcelain

and china factories in the UK and Europe,

Ginori experienced financial difficulties.

The company declared bankruptcy in January 2013.

In April 2013, Ginori was purchased by Gucci

with plans to improve the factory in Florence

and continue to produce the

high-end products under its name.

Palermo Brown has been a

discontinued pattern since 1988,

but one can still find it

through eBay and online retailers.

This pattern was also produced in several other colors.

~ rust ~ green ~ yellow ~ blue ~ black ~

As you can see,

this is a very versatile pattern.

It's easy to mix it with a variety of linens,

chargers, and patterned salad or dessert plates.

Here it is paired with an inexpensive salad plate,

Classic Tidings Tartan from Target.

Here with another fine china,

Olde Avesbury by Royal Crown Derby

and Italian pewter chargers.

The colorful Birds of Paradise and Oriental Pheasants

in Olde Avesbury are taken from an original embroidery.

This pattern was first produced as above in 1932,

but now one can purchase many other color variations

that have been derived from this pattern.

The green charger is by Zrike.

Our colored crystal by Denby

compliments both of these china patterns.

Last summer I loaned our china to a friend

for an alfresco dinner party.

She set an elegant table with gold chargers

and white linens with an added touch of burgundy.

I love the touch of the Bosc pears and the

gorgeous rose bouquets in urns. It's fun to see how

someone else chose to use our china. I'll no doubt copy

this idea for a future dinner party at our home.