Grindley Black Transferware Table

During a visit from Pat's daughter this last weekend, Jennifer offered to set the Table for One. She chose Grindley's "Scenes After Constable" black transferware and mixed it with silver, black Depression glass, and lace.

Flatware is our Mother's "King James" silverplate by Oneida

Jennifer layered a white lace place mat over a black one

She started with a simple silverplate charger

No accent plate here - Jennifer just wanted the dinner plate to be the center of attention

Glassware is "Monterey" by Cristal d'Arques

The black Depression glass is "Mt. Pleasant" by L.E. Smith Glass Company

The sugar and creamer holder is not "Mt. Pleasant" - I do not know the name of the pattern

Where it came from:
Black Place Mat - from Bed, Bath, and Beyond several years ago
Lace Place Mat - from Lentz Department Store (a really neat local store now out of business)
Silverplate Charger - from a local thrift store several years ago
Dinnerware - "Scenes After Constable" dinner plate by Grindley from Replacements.com
Flatware - "King James" by Oneida from our Mother
Glassware - "Monterey" by Cristal D'Arques from Ross years ago
Black Depression Glass - from our collection
Silver Candle Holder - from Pat's collection

We will be joining the following Blog parties this week:

"Dishing It! & Digging It!" at Rustic & Refined this Sunday:  http://www.rustic-refined.com/ 
"Tablescape Thursday" at Between Naps on the Porch:  http://betweennapsontheporch.net/ 

Tablescaping Conundrum:

Plate and mark on the left is from the Replacements plate, and the plate and mark on the right is from our original plate

As most people know, Pat and I collect lots of dinnerware. One pattern that we have been trying to get a complete set for eight is Grindley's "Scenes After Constable" in black. I was elated when I found four dinner plates in that pattern last month at Replacements. Naturally I bought them. When they came (in perfect condition I might add), they were not like the two that we already owned. [See the plate on the left hand side.] It was white ironstone compared to our original cream colored. Although the picture was of the same thing (Salisbury Cathedral), it actually was different. Even the rim of the plate was slightly different.

According to Kovels' New Dictionary of  Marks: Pottery & Porcelain 1850 to the Present by Ralph and Terry Kovel, the mark on the back of our original plates [see the mark on the right] was from 1954 to 1960. They did not have the mark on the left in the book - but I am pretty sure it is much newer. I know that manufacturing plate molds get old and must be replaced and cannot always match perfectly with the original, but it seems to me that there is a BIG difference between the two plates. I just think that it is curious.......

Noritake Desert Flowers Table

Since Pat set our other blog's table using various patterns of Noritake, she thought it would be fun to also set the Table For One using Noritake. She chose a stoneware pattern that became her everyday dinnerware a few years after she was married. It is called "Desert Flowers" and it was produced from 1974 through 1985.

Pat paired the brown tones of the dinnerware with unexpected blue - I think it brightens up the table

Pat has had this set of dinnerware for over 45 years 

The inexpensive mid-century flatware was our Mother's - she used it for big crowds or when lots of unexpected company dropped by and stayed for a meal (which was quite often in our house growing up.) 

Thanks to Pat's daughter we have eight water and wine goblets - "Espresso" by Lenox - she found them on eBay

An arrangement of succulents from the garden 

Where it came from:
Blue Place Mat and Matching Napkin - from Pier 1 several years ago
Dinnerware - "Desert Flowers" by Noritake from Walsh's (a local bridal shop now out of business) forty-five years ago
Flatware - from our Mother (pattern unknown)
Glasses - "Espresso" by Lenox from Pat's daughter
Brown Napkin - Handmade by Pat
Napkin Ring - from Bed, Bath, and Beyond four or five years ago

We will be joining the following Blog parties this week:

"Dishing It! & Digging It!" at Rustic & Refined this Sunday:  http://www.rustic-refined.com/ 
"Tablescape Thursday" at Between Naps on the Porch:  http://betweennapsontheporch.net/