New beginnings
I think we may never have been so conscious of new beginnings as this new year. Although I feel a sense of relief to have made it through...
Happy Holidays!
Well this has been quite a year....! I want to thank all my customers and followers, both on this blog and on Instagram, for your...
It's nearly Christmas...
It's nearly Christmas and things are heating up here at Gentle Rattle of China - boxes, boxes, and more boxes are piling up waiting for...
We can always dream!
These days many of us have to do the holidays in very small gatherings of two or three... but we can always dream of a full dinner table!...
Our little winged friends
Putti, also called cherubs or cupids or little angels, are a very popular Western design feature and you can often see putti in the...
Home of the hog
Some pigs get lucky as to where they live, such as the boar that got to be on the crest of Haddon Hall, the most beautiful and best...
An Ode to Fruit
While the world has been fighting a bug, I am fighting off my own passing cold with lots and lots of fruit. Which is a nice coincidence...
Spot the frog! 🐸
[click the < arrows > to slide] This week I have another gorgeous dessert service: a Spode "Imperial" dessert service with the famous...
A garden of flowers
[click the < arrows > to slide!] I have a special weakness for beautiful sets of plates... Not long ago I had a beautiful dessert service...
Autumnal flowers
[click the < arrows > to slide!] It is autumn here, and all colours are changing fast... on my desk is a vase with beautiful...
