Tablescape Thursday

"Rothschild Bird" - a Summer Luncheon

Herend's Rothschild Bird pattern was our wedding china, and I still love it as much as when I first received it, 25+ years ago. I thought it would be fun to do four posts with this china - one for each season. Summer is first!

My Rothschild Bird salt and pepper cellar was a gift from my husband.

Sterling silver quail salt and pepper shakers - another gift from my husband.

I love the shadows created by the openwork baskets, with the sun shining through at a September early morning angle.

A dinner plate, above, and dinner with salad, below.

Antique cut crystal wine glasses have a floral and vine motif.

Antique cutwork napkins and antique faux-ivory handled silver forks and knives with beautiful etching.

The back of the large tureen is as lovely as the front.

I hope you enjoy looking at this summer setting as much as I have enjoyed putting it together. I'm already thinking about the autumn setting, coming soon!

Bon Appetit!

To view tablescapes by other bloggers, every Thursday, visit Between Naps On The Porch, where they are all linked. Enjoy!

This has also been posted to the Barnyard Bash at Happier Than a Pig in Mud. Take a look at all the other entries there, as well.

Tablescape Thursday

HEREND'S "Rothschild Bird" CHINA

In last Thursday's tablescape post, I promised to do another setting with close-ups of the various pieces I had used for this photo:

I am still unpacking china, etc., but I thought that I'd give you a little teaser, this week, on the Herend pattern that got so many comments last week - Rothschild Bird.

This Hungarian hand painted china pattern is very old (from the mid-1800's), and was originally designed for the Rothschild banking family, in France. The pattern actually has twelve different depictions of two birds each, sitting in trees or standing next to the branches. Every pair of birds has a gold link necklace draped over and through the tree branches, as well. The story is that one of the Rothschild daughters had been given a gold necklace (either as an engagement gift from her fiance, or by her father). She had lost the necklace in the garden and couldn't find it. Several days later, the Rothschilds' gardener found the necklace hanging in a tree branch. It had apparently been transported there by a couple of birds!

Since I wasn't able to get a table setting done for this week, I thought readers might enjoy seeing the twelve different motifs that make up this exquisite pattern. Most of these are dinner plates, but some are salads, hence the variation in scale.

Enjoy looking at these pictures, and next week, I'll have the promised full table setting, including lots of serving pieces in this gorgeous pattern!

Bon Appetit!

To view tablescapes by other bloggers, every Thursday, visit Between Naps On The Porch, where they are all linked in. Enjoy!