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Discovering the Distinctly Disheveled Chelsea Bird Pattern

Mottahedeh @ Mottahedeh April 18, 2024 • 9:55 AM • 881 days ago

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Discovering the Distinctly Disheveled Chelsea Bird Pattern

Mottahedeh @ Mottahedeh April 18, 2024 • 9:55 AM • 881 days ago

I thought I heard birds singing, but it's just this table of Chelsea Bird from the Colonial Williamsburg Collection. Porcelain produced at Chelsea in London in the eighteenth century is regarded by many as the apex of English ceramic art. Among the most treasured pieces of Chelsea are those decorated in the workshop of James Giles with his birds of “distinctly disheveled appearance.” Our Chelsea Bird pattern has been adapted from Giles’ originals in the...
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Sandwich Trays are a new Invention for an old Favorite

Wendy @ Mottahedeh Sept. 15, 2021 • 1:26 PM • 1,827 days ago

The Sandwich has evolved

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Sandwich Trays are a new Invention for an old Favorite

Wendy @ Mottahedeh Sept. 15, 2021 • 1:26 PM • 1,827 days ago

Yes, our trays are not historic, but the story of the Sandwich is. The sandwich has come a long way from a hunk of beef and cheese between bread.
“The sandwich as we know it was popularized in England in 1762 by John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich. Legend has it, and most food historians agree, that Montagu had a substantial gambling problem that led him to spend hours on end at the card table. During a particularly long binge, he asked the house cook to ...
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Italian Creamware is Always in Style

Wendy @ Mottahedeh Aug. 27, 2020 • 10:26 AM • 2,211 days ago

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Italian Creamware is Always in Style

Wendy @ Mottahedeh Aug. 27, 2020 • 10:26 AM • 2,211 days ago

At Mottahedeh we generally opt for lots of bold color with a style that is not shy. On the opposite end of the spectrum, white creamware made of faience, or soft paste porcelain, is our other love. Creamware has been in the offering for more than forty years. Many times, the original has been French, and yet we make ours in Italy as the craftsmanship is exceptional and historic. Faience can be made into shapely forms with lots of detail.
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