How do you celebrate Halloween without getting all ugly and scary? Serve up orange and black. Here we present orange and white and gold reflecting the changing colors of nature. Sacred Bird and Butterfly, in transparent oranges and sparkling gold accents, is a licensed product of Historic Charleston Foundation and can be seen in the famed Nathaniel Russel House. While it arrived in America when America was colonial, it has endured for more than 200 years.&...Read more of post
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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Mottahedeh brings a high quality approach to fine stoneware. Glossy reactive glazes present beautiful color variations and a skeleton leaf image is fused delicately into the glaze. With four colorways to choose from, the tableware pieces can be inter-mixed. This special technique requires two firings rather than the typical one for stoneware. Our product is produced at the esteemed Vista Alegre Factory in Portugal. Find it under Milestone By Mottahedeh....Read more of post
Today is Chinese New Year and the beginning of Spring Festival! Find out which colors will dominate the Year of the Earth Dog, and what luck it brings.
Happy Table Top Thursday! You are invited to our mad tea party full of bright colors & swirled cupcakes! Playing with solid-colored Jars stoneware makes your gathering a whirl of a time.
On the Stands Now! House Beautiful February 2017. Color of the month EUCALYPTUS featuring a Jars pitcher in Jade plus in the Experts section Designer Eddie Ross mixes some antique Imari plates with Robert Haviland & C Parlan Lexington in Azure on top of Mottahedeh's Tony Duquette Malachite service plates. Thank you Eddie Ross
Did you know that Chinese New Year is next Saturday? We also noticed that many of you, while searching for our products, want to know more about how porcelain is made. The story about fine China porcelain will, therefore, make a perfect match. Enjoy it.
Porcelain and other types of ceramics are such an integral part of our everyday life that it is not something we notice. This was not always the case. Porcelain was once the rarest of materials in the 16th, 17th and 18th ...Read more of post
In this time of the year when National holidays are around the corner, it is good to think about all these tiny things that make the American history remarkable. One of them is tobacco, which is still the best-selling product in the world (in form of cigarettes). What is so impressive about it, but also about the plant that brings all the beauty to one of the most popular porcelain patterns?
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