Thursday, February 4, 2010

Amazing Vintage Turquoise Dishes..


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On one of my thrifting expeditions this week I ran into the most amazingly beautiful set of dishes.. They're turquoise! Before recent days Ive only had fleeting love for this color, mostly in jewelry, but since moving into my new house I have come to love it.. (The walls in the livingroom and diningroom of my house are turquoise, and it has grown on me! )

Anyhoo, back to my story.. I saw these dishes and began an immediate love affair with the cups.. Mind you, the whole set is beautiful, but the cups are what won my heart.. And they were trimmed in silver..Ahh,love.. I walked away from them... The set was $15.. But THEN I learned that everything in the store was an additional 25% off! I had to get them..

It is a set of 6, but a couple pieces here and there are stained or cracked.. BUT they are sound enough that I can get a set of 4 out of it and use the rest for something else.. I love them!!






NOTE: A few people were asking about the name of these. The plates say Taylor-Smith-Taylor- style: Versatile, made in the USA, 1-62-2 I think the pattern is called Blue Lace.

21 comments:

  1. This is a gorgeous set! I love it!

    Thanks for sharing!

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  2. Very pretty and a bargain too!
    Happy VTT
    ~Maggie~

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  3. What a lovely set of dishes and at such a great price. Happy VTT!

    Jocelyn
    http://justalittlesouthernhospitality.blogspot.com/

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  4. Glad you joined us today for VTT. You found some very nice dishes on your outing. Great job.

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  5. I love those cups too. I lovelovelove turquoise. It is such a fun color.

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  6. Oh what pretty dishes! thanks for sharing them. Happy VTT!

    Debbie

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  7. Lovely cups and saucers, the turquoise colour is quite unusual. The price was right too. Good for you.

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  8. Turquoise and aqua are some of the colors that are supposed to be popular this year.

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  9. I've come to love the color turquoise too! That is a really lovely set of dishes. Now I have to check out the rest of our blog to see if there are pictures of your turquoise living room and dining room! And I like that you're a maximalist, and can admit it!
    Happy VTT!
    Carol

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  10. Oh...I have a platter that matches this, but I have NEVER seen the actual dishes, and my stars the cups are amazing!!!!! I would have snatched these up real quick. Thanks for sharing with us today! Happy VTT~

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  11. What a pretty color! Sounds like they are going to be perfect in your house! Do you know what the pattern is called or who it is made by?

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  12. What sweet dishes! Almost Tiffany blue, don't you think? Very lovely.

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  13. very sweet set! I am begining to love blue..

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  14. Thats a very pretty pattern..and I love the colors..You did well with this set. Maybe you can find more pieces as you go along. I've become a follower of your pretty blog..come visit..

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  15. Oh, I think these are adorable! I just can't seem to get enough of vintage china!And Lord help anybody who gets between me and a piece of some pattern I already have some of...
    What a pretty blog you have.Thanks for sharing your lovely finds!

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  16. I love them! I would not have turned them down either. I would love to know who made the dishes and what the pattern is called.

    ~ Tracy

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  17. Adore these aquamarine beauties! So fine -the pattern!

    Happy S & T Friday!

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  18. What a great find! I have a plate or two like these - they were my Grandmother's and are what I remember eating off of at her house as a child. The cups are fabulous!

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  19. Those are really pretty! I love the color!

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